by 2summers | Mar 10, 2017 | Arts and Culture, Food and Drink, Hillbrow/Yeoville, Johannesburg
Sanza Sandile isn’t an average chef. Which makes sense, because Yeoville isn’t an average suburb. Looking down on Rockey Street from the Yeoville Dinner Club. Actually I’m not even sure Sanza calls himself a chef — if you ask him he’ll...
by 2summers | Feb 16, 2017 | Hillbrow/Yeoville, Johannesburg, Religion
There is a congregation of Nigerian Jews in Joburg. Who knew? Rabbi Nathan Obiekwe of the Bethel Messianic Assembly in Yeoville. I first visited the Bethel Messianic Assembly in October, to take photos for my friend Marie-Lais’ “Other Side of the...
by 2summers | Nov 5, 2013 | Food and Drink, Hillbrow/Yeoville, Johannesburg
Today I went to Yeoville and spent the afternoon at a place called Food. Food (28 Rockey Street) is more than a stall but not quite a restaurant. Food is a kitchen with a glass counter and two benches, presided over by a man named Sanza. Sanza is an extraordinary...
by 2summers | Jun 12, 2011 | Food and Drink, Hillbrow/Yeoville, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Markets/Shopping
Yeoville, much like Hillbrow and other inner-city suburbs in Jozi, has transformed over the last three decades. Once an artsy, mixed-race (but primarily white) neighborhood, similar to Melville, Yeoville is now a chaotic, pan-African cocktail-shaker. (I almost said...