Some of the best tacos in Johannesburg are served at a restaurant in Alexandra Township. Who knew? I certainly didn't. But luckily I do know Asanda Daza, and Asanda knows everything about food in [...]
I recently found myself not cycling on a cycle ride through Alexandra Township. It was a hard job riding around Alex in a comfortable car, photographing the cyclists as they toiled in the hot [...]
If you browse through the food-related posts on this blog, you'll notice that most of them are written about food from places other than South Africa: French, American, Mexican, Indian, German, Chinese. But what [...]
A couple of weeks ago I took a walk through Alexandra Township, aka Alex, as part of an event sponsored by an Alex-based tourism company called The Hub Presents and a travel networking organization [...]
I recently announced a storytelling project I’m working on called My Favorite Joburg People. I chose four people in Joburg, each of whom has an amazing story to tell, and interviewed them and shot their portraits. [...]
On Sunday I helped organize an Instawalk through Alexandra Township, sponsored by the South African Cities Network and Mobile Media Mob. I've been to Alex many times and I've gone on Instawalks many times, but this was [...]
I recently found myself on a tour of Alexandra Township, or Alex, with an innovative new tourism company called Tour2.0. I like Tour2.0's online description so much that I'm just going to quote it directly: Tour2.0 [...]
I went to Alexandra Township to watch a rehearsal for a play. Five women participated in the rehearsal: four actresses and the writer/director. The rehearsal took place in a shop — selling soap, floor [...]
Michelle and I arrived at the Marlboro Gautrain Station, on the edge of Alexandra Township, at 10:30 Sunday morning. Jeffrey, our guide, was waiting for us on the curb. “Who wants to get the [...]
I recently visited Alexandra Township for the first time since moving to Joburg, to attend a kids' baseball tournament. At the end of my post about the tournament, I said I was looking forward [...]