Johannesburg 1912 – Suburb by suburb research

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Johannesburg then and now
26 Oct

Johannesburg Then and Now is out

It was Bob Lefsetz who said, ‘Never promote before availability.’ Although the book was officially out two weeks ago, it’s now out-out. Most stores have now received their stock and…

Old Arcade 1890
11 Oct

Arcades of old Johannesburg

While researching my book, Johannesburg ‘Then & Now’, there were several sections where the amount of information I uncovered was too much for the allocated space. The piece on the…

08 Sep

Heritage Weekend 2018 and general update

Heritage Weekend Heritage Weekend takes place on Saturday and Sunday the 15th and 16th September.  All tours depart from Emoyeni, 15 Jubilee Road, Parktown where there is safe parking available.…

11 Sep

Heritage Weekend 2017

It’s that time of year when the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation celebrates the rich history of Joburg with a weekend of interesting tours, films and exhibitions on Saturday 30th September and…

10 Aug

Johannesburg book

It’s official! I’m working on a Johannesburg book to be released in October 2018. The book is loosely based on some of the work on this blog and a whole…

14 Apr

New photographs and an update

It’s been some months since the last Johannesburg post. The reason is that I’ve been working on an exciting new project based on some of the work here (and a…

19 Dec

Churches of Johannesburg Pt.2

This piece covers churches built up to around 1955 that are still standing. The first piece covered the ‘Lost churches’ and can be read HERE. I’ve broken it up into…

23 Sep

Heritage weekend 2016

Come and support the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation and their amazing tours celebrating Heritage Weekend and Johannesburg’s 130th birthday. Download the 2016 activity and tour brochure HERE Celebrate Johannesburg’s 130th birthday…

14 Aug

Views of Johannesburg from 1961 from the film Basie

A couple of years ago I bough a few old South African DVDs that were shot in the late 1950s and early 1960s. They were for research for a story…

30 Apr

100K views for Johannesburg1912

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