by 2summers | May 8, 2018 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Tours, Townships/Informal Settlements
Diepsloot is one of those places, like a lot of other Joburg places, where people are afraid to go. A Diepsloot street. Diepsloot, which means “deep ditch” in Afrikaans, is a huge informal settlement in the far northern outskirts of Joburg; in fact, it is...
by 2summers | Jan 25, 2017 | Arts and Culture, Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Sandton and Surrounds, Townships/Informal Settlements
If you browse through the food-related posts on this blog, you’ll notice that most of them are written about food from places other than South Africa: French, American, Mexican, Indian, German, Chinese. But what about South African food? Traditional South...
by 2summers | Dec 13, 2016 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Townships/Informal Settlements
Pulane Malatja sits straight-backed, ankles crossed, wearing a short black dress and a red plaid head wrap. A gauzy scarf covers her knees and a notepad sits in her lap. Pulane apologizes as she puts on her reading glasses. She’s just had an asthma attack, she...
by 2summers | Aug 11, 2016 | Johannesburg, Sandton and Surrounds, Tours, Townships/Informal Settlements
A couple of weeks ago I took a walk through Alexandra Township, aka Alex, as part of an event sponsored by an Alex-based tourism company called The Hub Presents and a travel networking organization called Travel Massive. I’ve been to Alex many times but I never...
by 2summers | Mar 21, 2013 | Johannesburg, Tours, Townships/Informal Settlements
Michelle and I arrived at the Marlboro Gautrain Station, on the edge of Alexandra Township, at 10:30 Sunday morning. Jeffrey, our guide, was waiting for us on the curb. “Who wants to get the taxi?” Jeffrey asked. I volunteered Michelle. Michelle stepped to...