#Gauteng52 - 54 posts

It's finally happening: I'm publishing a book about the 2Summers #Gauteng52 Challenge. This post contains answers to all the questions you may have.

I completed the #Gauteng52 challenge, visiting and blogging about 52 new places in Gauteng Province during 2017. Here are some final thoughts.

Despite a strong Jewish community in Joburg, bagels are hard to find in this town. Luckily a reader tipped me off to Feigel's, a kosher deli in Glenhazel and …

In my penultimate #Gauteng52 post I visit the Scala Barber in Melville, where men have been getting their hair cut since 1969.

Marievale Bird Sanctuary is a wetland nature reserve in Ekurhuleni, just over an hour from Joburg. Marievale has incredible birdwatching and it's free.

The Culinary Table is a restaurant and speciality food shop just down the road from Lanseria Airport. It's a great place to stop for lunch after a flight.

The Richmond Studio Café is a brand-new coffeeshop in Richmond, which is right next to Melville. I'm so excited about this place, I can barely stand it.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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