#History - 106 posts

Welcome to Week 31 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 …

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.

Master Mansions, home of Mabro Hats, tells a tantalizing story of an Indian family's journey to success in apartheid-era Johannesburg.

The Roodepoort Museum won't make the list of Joburg's top tourist attractions. And yet it's the epitome of Joburg quirkiness -- interesting and unexpected.

I had a behind-the-scenes look at the Jeppe Post Office, built in 1935 and still running, including its beautiful Art Deco fixtures and underground tunnel.

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

Thirty minutes south of Joburg, Marie-Lais and I discovered the remains of Tolstoy Farm, where Gandhi lived from 1910 to 1913.

The first-ever Oriental Plaza Instameet is happening in Fordsburg on 3 December 2016. It's going to a blast. Don't miss it.

In celebration of Heritage Day, the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation put on a bonanza of historical tours all over the city. I chose three.

A look at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Joburg's Maboneng Precinct -- built in 1899 and recently reopened as a gallery/retail space -- pre- and post-renovation.

My second visit to Lindfield House, the most interesting Victorian Museum/afternoon tea house in Joburg (and probably in the world).