#Apartheid - 32 posts

I spent an evening walking through Soweto for Soweto Night Out, a new tourism initiative founded by Sowetan Nomsa Mazwai.

St. Mary's Cathedral in downtown Joburg is one of the city's most important historic landmarks. I had never heard of it until last week.

In celebration of Heritage Month, I went on a tour of churches in Coronationville and Bosmont with the Joburg Heritage Foundation.

I visited the Voortrekker Monument on 16 December, the Day of Reconciliation, a public holiday that used to be called the Day of the Vow.

I visited the Thokoza Memorial, a tribute to the people who died in political violence between the ANC and IFP parties in the 1990s.

In my quest to cover all of Joburg's hidden places, I sometimes neglect the unhidden places. Mandela House, a museum on Vilakazi Street, is one such place.

The Long March to Freedom National Historic Monument in Pretoria is a collection of hundreds of life-size sculptures of heroes in the South African struggle for …

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

Sophiatown The Mix is a new multipurpose building next to the Sophiatown Heritage Museum, celebrating the history and significance of Sophiatown.

I did a street art tour of Cape Town's District Six area with Juma from Juma's Art Tours, and learned a lot about the crazy history of this neighborhood.

Freedom Park, just off the highway in Pretoria, is a national monument dedicated to all South Africans who have died fighting for freedom.

I visited Pafuri Camp in the Makuleke Contractual Park, and experienced the area's beauty while also learning the history of the Makuleke's forced removals.