by 2summers | Apr 11, 2017 | #Gauteng52, Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds
Welcome to Week 15 of my #Gauteng52 challenge, for which I will visit and blog about a new place in Gauteng Province every week for 52 straight weeks. This week I visit the Majestic video store in Greenside. DVDs are still a thing in South Africa. Netflix only made...
by 2summers | Apr 2, 2012 | Boxing, Hillbrow/Yeoville, Johannesburg
Well, kind of. Coach George Khosi is the real star; I’m part of the ensemble. And it’s not a full-length movie, it’s a trailer. Still, not too shabby. Fiver, who took photos at the Hillbrow Boxing Club last week, also took video footage. She put...
by 2summers | Mar 12, 2012 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg
Last Friday I went to my first-ever drive-in movie, at the Velskoen Cinema in Randburg. I’m glad I went when I did — Velskoen is Jozi’s last remaining drive-in and it’s closing down in June. The land was sold to a property developer. Sniff. I...