Tag Archive: Parktown

25 Apr

A rare and detailed street map of Johannesburg from 1929

Some housekeeping: Please follow me on Instagram at @johannesburg1912 where I post interesting Johannesburg related stuff on weekends (mainly). Follow this blog via e-mail HERE. Scroll down on the right…
April 25, 2015 at 9:49 pm 19 Comments
11 Jan

History of Braamfontein Pt.3 (Explosion, Cemetery & Early Rand Show)

Some housekeeping: Please follow me on Instagram at @johannesburg1912 where I post interesting Johannesburg related stuff on weekends (mainly). Follow this blog via e-mail HERE. Scroll down on the right…
January 11, 2015 at 8:59 pm 9 Comments
11 Sep

Heritage Day 2014

Wednesday 24th September 2014 is Heritage Day in South Africa. As always, the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation host some great tours around this time. This year, they are starting on the…
September 11, 2014 at 9:30 am Leave a comment
11 Jul

Past Experiences – Great Johannesburg tours

I met Jo, Tania and Rob at one of our REFORM! DJ parties at Kitcheners in Braamfontein (the 2nd oldest bar in Johannesburg) about a year ago. They wrote all…
July 11, 2013 at 12:25 pm Leave a comment
16 Mar

This blog is now LIVE!

I recently imported my Johannesburg Posterous blog to WordPress as Posterous is closing down in April. Although the process was fairly easy and pain-free,  it did result in some format…
March 16, 2013 at 11:05 am 2 Comments
20 Mar

Heritage house run

I’ve decided to do a self-divised 10km heritage run through Parktown in the morning. I started running about a year ago after giving up smoking and changing the way I eat. Problem is that I find running a little pointless…It beats going to a gym…
March 20, 2011 at 8:14 pm 2 Comments