The other day, while driving through Mayfair West, something caught my eye as I passed the striking Hindu temple on Bellona Road: a sign for Shayona. I quickly hung a left onto St. Gothard [...]
For the newest installment in my Hidden Joburg series, I visited a church in Hillbrow that I've been curious about for years. The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helen is around the [...]
Yesterday I visited the Doornfontein Shul -- commonly known as the Lions Shul -- in downtown Joburg. The shul, built in 1905, is featured in Hidden Johannesburg, which I blogged about recently in my [...]
I've been doom-scrolling too much and sleeping too little lately. The U.S. government has been hijacked by right-wing zealots. Women's rights have been rolled back by 50 years. The South African government can't provide [...]
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 [...]
Several months ago I spotted a post in the @WhatsOnInJoburg Instagram feed. "Africa's tallest Shiva Shakti Statue is in Benoni", the post read, with a photo of the biggest, boldest, most colorful Hindu deity [...]
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 [...]
I've been in the U.S. for the past three weeks dealing with very frustrating South African visa problems. I've been ridiculously stressed. Then yesterday, in the middle of my most recent meltdown, I remembered [...]
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 visit the Jesuit Institute in Auckland [...]
Welcome to Week 37 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 visit the Russian Orthodox Church [...]
Welcome to Week 33 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 visit ISKCON Lenasia, home to [...]
A couple of weeks ago I attended the book launch for Master Mansions. Master Mansions is the eighth in a ten-book series called "Wake Up, This is Joburg": written by Tanya Zack, photographed by Mark [...]