By Nqobani Khumalo

Last year for my birthday I jumped off the Orlando Towers in Johannesburg’s most famous township, Soweto.  My birthday happened to fall very conveniently on a Saturday so I got a good friend of mine to accompany me. She had brought along a French colleague whom she was tasked with entertaining for the duration of his stay and he was over the moon that he was going to drive in an actual township! In Soweto, of all the famous townships in South Africa!
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Within easy reach of Johannesburg’s city centre are several opportunities to enjoy a walk in nature. The Wilds is one of them, offering a little gem in the midst of the bustling city surrounds. (more…)

By Dianne Bayley

Unlike our friends down in the Cape, our rainy season happens in summer in Jo’burg. The jacaranda blossoms that turn the skyline lavender tumble groundwards under the force of sheets of rain, to collect in a purple snowpile along the roadsides. (more…)

By Dianne Bayley

That’s the thing about South Africans . . . Each of us believes with all our heart that our part of the country is the best part. Let me straighten things up right off the bat: There’s NO burger like a Jo’burger. Biased? Indeed I am. (more…)