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I spent a long weekend in Groot Marico, the historic home of South African author Herman Charles Bosman. It was a whacky few days.

Via La Moda produces handmade leather handbags and other accessories at its workshop/showroom in Industria. Don't miss the annual sale on 30 Nov.

Hannah Pirnie and her company, Translating Me, are here to help you with every aspect of moving and adjusting to life in Joburg.

The Wilds, a beautiful park near downtown Joburg, has come a long way since my first blog post about it in April 2016. Help reclaim the Wilds this Sunday.

August House is a building in the Joburg CBD with 50 artist studios and residences. I visited for the first time during their November Open Studios event.

One month after its opening, I visited the Jacob Zuma Arrest Site in Groot Marico, Northwest Province. It was...an interesting experience.

Welcome to Week 45 of my #Gauteng52 challenge, for which I visit and blog about a new place in Gauteng Province every week for 52 straight weeks. This week I …

The Melville Cat has inspired a work of art: a gray cat designed and created by Shepherd, a 7th-Street bead artist.

I spent half a day in Cullinan, a historic diamond-mining town northeast of Pretoria. I did pretty much everything except tour the diamond mine.

I was invited for lunch at the Kramerville Bakery, a bakery above a plumbing supply shop. It was so good that I had to go back for breakfast.

Fortiscue and Nokuthula Helepi founded African Flavour Books, an all-African in the Vaal in 2013. They recently opened a second shop in Braamfontein.

I spent an evening at the Stall Night Market at Cedar Square Mall in Fourways. Despite my initial judginess about night markets, I had a great time.