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There are two Turkish restaurants in Joburg, located close to one another in the adjacent ethnic food hubs of Fordsburg and Mayfair. I’ve written about …

The Commonwealth Games, an Olympics-like sporting competition involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, are headed to Durban in 2022. The 2022 host …

I often say that Joburg is a great city to live in but a difficult city to visit. It’s not like Paris or New York, where you can just pop out from the …

For the past week, news headlines in South Africa have been dominated by reports of xenophobic violence – attacks perpetrated by South African citizens …

I admit it: This headline, while entirely truthful, is total click-bait. If you’re still reading then it must have worked. A few weeks ago I spent a …

On Friday I was walking down Gwi Gwi Mrwebi Street (formerly known as Pim Street) in Newtown. Gwi Gwi Mrwebi is only two blocks long and is kind of a secret …

I recently spent a few days in the Cape Winelands as part of the #MeetSouthAfrica local blogger trip. We ate a lot (you already know this) and drank a lot. We …

Here’s an article I wrote about Hallmark House, the Maboneng Precinct’s most recent development project, for JHBLive. (Read the original JHBLive …

Seriously. I ate it all. I’ve been all over South Africa this month – four provinces, seven cities/towns (I think), and more hotels and restaurants …

My list of favorite places to eat in Mayfair, Joburg’s ever-expanding Muslim quarter, is growing. King Arabic Sandwich is the newest addition. …

Yesterday evening I arrived in Bloemfontein, a small city in South Africa’s Free State Province, with a bunch of other bloggers and photographers. It was …

I literally just returned from an incredible blogger trip to Grootbos Nature Reserve in the Western Cape (hashtag: #GrootbosMagic), and I am literally about to …