Johannesburg Articles
The City I Run Away From – Johannesburg, South AfricaAfter two visits, Saricie Kuo would not return to Johannesburg. Find out why.
Zimbabwe: Top to Tale – AfricaLuke Henry's time in Zimbabwe is filled with several adventures – and a few unexpected surprises.
The Johannesburg Travel GuideOnline travel Guide for Johannesburg, South Africa.
Johannesburg, South Africa – August 1999The first (small) signs of Spring are here, but it’s still going to be cold nights, so don’t forget your woolen underwear.
One of the toughest things about writing this page, is that nothing actually changes very much from month to month in Johannesburg. This is probably true anywhere, which is a pretty good [...]
The election is over, the ANC won, (mostly) and we have a new president. The election was, in a word, boring. It’s so WEIRD! The really cool bit is that it makes a lie of “One man, one vote, ONCE!” It’s hopefully an indicator to some people to the North of how it’s SUPPOSED to [...]
Johannesburg, South Africa – June 1999Not much has changed since last month: we’re starting to accelerate into election mode, (our 2nd democratic elections) so a sort of gentle hysteria is building, along with weerd political slogans & promises. The oddest incident to date is the ANC having to withdraw a poster because it was deemed racist!
Madiba, (AKA Nelson Mandela) will [...]
Johannesburg, South Africa May 1999Generally speaking, Backpackers only stop in Johannesburg because they HAVE to! (It’s a long haul from Harare to Cape Town.)
Fairly recently, a reporter approached one of the Tourist Bureaux, and asked what there was to see. The
reply was fairly typical: “Well….there’s Eastgate…” Eastgate is a Shopping Mall.
Johannesburg has got to be one of the [...]
