by 2summers | Dec 3, 2019 | Johannesburg, Markets/Shopping
“Buy local” has become a popular retail catch phrase lately. But I have always loved buying locally made gifts, especially gifts in the realm of African arts and crafts. December seems like the best time to add this category to my Jozi Top Fives series....
by 2summers | Sep 24, 2019 | Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Markets/Shopping
Today is Heritage Day, a holiday celebrating South Africa’s incredible cultural diversity. It’s also the unofficial start of summer and a day when South Africans celebrate their diversity by grilling meat. (Heritage Day has been rebranded by many as...
by 2summers | May 3, 2019 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Markets/Shopping, Melville and Surrounds, Museums and Buildings
Once upon a time, about 130 years ago, a group of Zulu men called the AmaWasha ran a business washing clothes beside a stream, on the outskirts of a ramshackle mining town called Johannesburg. The water in this stream was particularly good for clothes-washing. Soon a...
by 2summers | Feb 24, 2019 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Markets/Shopping
In March 2017 I receive a Facebook message. “Do make a turn at my mom’s store, corner Albert and Mooi Street, called Langwan Cleaners. Will make a good story. “My mom, a single mother now 70 years old, has been running a ‘general dealer’...
by 2summers | Dec 22, 2018 | Johannesburg, Markets/Shopping
Check the end of this post for details on how to win a R1000 voucher to Hyde Park Corner. I haven’t blogged much lately. There are a few reasons for this but the bottom line is I’ve been busy and stressed. My brain is moving in ten directions at once and I...