by 2summers | Jul 5, 2022 | Arts and Culture, Food and Drink, Hidden Joburg, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Lodging, Museums and Buildings
I’ve been visiting the Rand Club, one of Joburg’s most historic buildings, for years. The Rand Club is on the corner of Fox and Loveday Streets in downtown Joburg. Although the club was founded in 1887, the current clubhouse was built in 1904. Read an...
by 2summers | May 18, 2022 | Arts and Culture, Hidden Joburg, Johannesburg, Museums and Buildings, Religion
I recently bought a copy of Hidden Johannesburg, a hardback coffee table book featuring 28 of Joburg’s most interesting (and difficult to access, in some cases) buildings and interiors. Hidden Johannesburg, written by Paul Duncan and photographed by Alain...
by 2summers | Mar 18, 2021 | Hidden Joburg, Johannesburg, Museums and Buildings
Although the Nizamiye Mosque is huge and impossible to miss when driving north on the M1 highway, it remains one of Joburg’s best kept secrets. The Nizamiye Masjid (mosque) in Midrand. I think most Joburgers know there is a mosque there (since it’s...
by 2summers | Jun 19, 2019 | Arts and Culture, Food and Drink, Hidden Joburg, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Museums and Buildings
I last blogged about the Rand Club — one of the oldest, most historic, most colonial buildings in Joburg, founded by Cecil John Rhodes — more than six years ago. Outside the Rand Club on Loveday Street in downtown Johannesburg. I just reread that post...
by 2summers | May 27, 2019 | Arts and Culture, Hidden Joburg, Johannesburg, Museums and Buildings, Soweto, Townships/Informal Settlements
Sometimes in my quest to discover all of Joburg’s hidden places, I miss out on the un-hidden ones. Such is the case with Mandela House, the Mandela family’s former home on Vilakazi Street in Soweto. It’s probably one of the top five tourist sites in...