Johannesburg

South Africa’s largest city still knows how to let its hair down. It’s a vibrant and dynamic metropolis, in the heart of the Gauteng province’s natural beauty.

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'Keyes Art Mile is a really modern space. It’s an art hub. There are other galleries close by, like Everard Read across the road.’

Culture

Keyes Art Mile

‘The Apartheid Museum is a must-see to understand our history and our context. It has the right level of poignancy and visually visceral work to create that movement within your heart and your stomach, when you understand how vicious, how challenging and how inhumane our history is. At the same time, it's beautifully designed in a way that takes you through a journey.’&nbsp;

Apartheid Museum

‘The Cradle of Humankind is where the earliest fossils of humans were found. It reminds me of how small we are in the greater scheme of everything, in our history. Maropeng, the visitor centre there, as a museum, as a place of knowledge production, is incredibly designed. There’s so much thought put into how everything is laid out and how you experience the knowledge imparted to you.’

Maropeng: Official Visitor Centre for the Cradle of Humankind

‘NIROX Sculpture Park is this beautiful space with lots of trees, some manicured lawns, a little dam, and in between all of this, as you're walking, you come across all these sculptures. They surprise you and shock you and make you feel all sorts of things, which is a really fantastic and unique experience. They often have live performances there, and there’s a wonderful restaurant called ‘And Then There Was Fire…’&nbsp;

NIROX Sculpture Park

‘Melville is home; this is my community. It's such an amazing privilege to still be able to live where you can walk and get coffee and something from the bakery. There are lots of thrift stores; there are also a lot of places here that have live music. When you walk down the street, you're meeting your neighbours; saying hello to everybody. ’

Neighborhoods

Melville

‘There are few restaurants from the Momo group in Johannesburg and I love how unique they are in their approach. Each Momo specialises in specific food. For example, Momo &amp;O in Norwood does beautiful halaal ramen, Momo Kuro in Rosebank has these lovely tapas-style small plates and dumplings, Momo Soko in Illovo has skewers and Momo Baohaus in Greenside does bao buns.'

Food & Drink

Momo Kuro

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Johannesburg with Gulshan Khan

Gulshan Khan is a South African photographer based out of Johannesburg. Her work centres on spotlighting shared connection and injustice.

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Gulshan Khan talks about the importance of history and culture in Johannesburg.

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