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The other day, while driving through Mayfair West, something caught my eye as I passed the striking Hindu temple on Bellona Road: a sign for Shayona. I quickly hung a left onto St. Gothard Avenue and saw an even bigger sign for Shayona Express, right at the entrance to the temple. There was a security [...]
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It's been five months since my last home renovation update. I've been planning a Part 3 to this series (see Part 1 and Part 2) for months, but I wanted to wait until we were totally finished. But the joke is on me: I now know that when you buy a 100-year-old house in an [...]
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The RMB Latitudes Art Fair, which happens annually at Shepstone Gardens (Joburg's quirkiest events venue), has been a place to see and be seen in the Joburg art world for several years. Maybe that's why it took me so long to actually go; I can be a bit contrarian when it comes to following trends. [...]
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Last week I wrote a story about Brixton High Street. This week's story is about another iconic street: Melville 7th Street, my first Joburg love. The cluster of businesses in Melville Mansions, at the corner of 7th Street and 3rd Avenue, recently became one of my favorite local hangouts. Outside the Sourcery, one of [...]
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I've been living in Brixton, one of Joburg's oldest suburbs, for nearly five years. I blog about Brixton all the time and I've led multiple walking tours here. But I hardly ever go to Brixton High Street, the suburb's main commercial street, and have never walked on High Street, although it's four blocks from where [...]
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