by 2summers | Mar 14, 2017 | #Gauteng52, Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Markets/Shopping, Soweto, Townships/Informal Settlements
Welcome to Week 11 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 Box Shop, a shopping center and coffee shop on Vilakazi Street in Soweto. A few weeks...
by 2summers | Aug 15, 2016 | Johannesburg, Johannesburg Day Trips, Soweto, Townships/Informal Settlements
I was in a speeding car with three other people, careening toward the Orlando Towers — a decommissioned-power-station-turned-entertainment/adventure-center — in Soweto. “I wonder if they’re going to make us bungee?” someone asked....
by 2summers | Sep 18, 2015 | Arts and Culture, Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Music/Festivals, Soweto, Townships/Informal Settlements
As mentioned previously, I spent 72 hours in Soweto as part of a campaign promoting the Soweto Wine Festival. It was an epic journey. Before this trip I thought I knew Soweto, kind of. I’d been there a lot, doing a lot of different things. But...
by 2summers | Sep 8, 2015 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Music/Festivals, Soweto, Townships/Informal Settlements
It was the first night of the #72hrsSoweto campaign, the day before the start of the Soweto Wine Festival. It was freezing cold, raining, and I was ridiculously underdressed. We had just finished a home-cooked meal — lamb stew, pap, spicy chakalaka,...
by 2summers | Sep 1, 2015 | Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Music/Festivals, Soweto, Townships/Informal Settlements
Like many newcomers, Vilakazi Street in Soweto was the first real tourist attraction I visited upon moving to Joburg. Here is the blog post I wrote about that visit, just a week after I arrived. (I’m a little embarrassed by the pictures and the words —...