Ishvara Dhyan’s walking tour of Doornfontein two weeks ago was fabulous – a highlight of my visit to South Africa.
I will be posting my photographic memories of it shortly
Ish is leading another tour this weekend. I am not sure if there are places available, but email him at:
This is what he says:
The Jeppestown Walk ~ on Saturday 27th Feb 2016
..will begin at 10 am
we are meeting at the HOUSE of BAOBAB No 20 Kruger St
at the Maboneng Precinct near Arts on Main –
there is secure parking in the surrounding streets.. the walk ends at the same place at approx 13h30
Jeppestown is Johannesburgs oldest residential suburb. (1889)
We will visit many places of historical & cultural interest on the walk, including :
* the mosaics at Maboneng Precinct by artist Hannelie Coetzee
* the Jooste & Bryants Building ( Victorian Beauty)
* the Mentis Building ( Art Nouveau )
* the Jozi Mall ( Somali shops – designed as a result of xenophobia )
* old Jewish shops & homes of Jeppestown
* the scenes of the 2008 xenophobic attacks
* the Anglican Church – Joburgs oldest (still functioning) church
* the restaurant used in the movie “ Long Walk to Freedom “
* traditional herbalist shops of Zulu Inyangas
* scene of the Jeppestown massacre 2006
* the first Lithuanian Shul 1903 – 1926
* the Main Jeppestown Synagogue 1926 -2002
* Salisbury House – Philosophy school 1903
* St James Preparatory School 1905
We return to the Maboneng Precinct for an optional lunch at your own expense
( Senegalese buffet ) at ” The House of Boabab ” restaurant.
Cost : R150-00 per person