Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA)
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#JoziWalks is a series of sponsored walking tours initiated in 2017 by the JDA in partnership with a passionate group of local community activists, tourism entrepreneurs, walking tour operators and heritage specialists. #JoziWalks aims to get Joburgers onto the streets to walk and engage with neighbours and their local community, and to enable people to discover and share insights and ideas about the neighbourhoods they walk.<\/p>\n
The #JoziWalks2018 weekend is happening on May 19 and 20. This year 11 walks have been chosen from the more than 40 applications received from neighbourhoods across the city. The criteria are: Walks must celebrate the real Joburg, the stories of places and people, foster community connection and offer insights into what makes a neighbourhood work<\/p>\n
Bookings for the #JoziWalks2018 weekend will open on April 18. Prior booking is absolutely essential for each walk as space is limited. All information will be made available on the JoziWalks Facebook page.<\/p>\n
The 11 JoziWalks taking place during the #JoziWalks2018 weekend are:<\/strong><\/p>\n Township into Towns with Maboneng Township Arts Experience in Alexandra.<\/strong> #BikesMustRise with Black Bite Productions cc. in Diepsloot.<\/strong> Honing in on Hope with the Spaza Art Gallery in Troyeville<\/strong> Hillbrow Youth Walks with Outreach Foundation, Hillbrow Theatre Project and\u00a0Johannesburg Heritage Foundation in Hillbrow.<\/strong> The Underground Booksellers of Johannesburg with Bridge Books in Joburg CBD.<\/strong> City Skate Tours with City Skate Tours in Marshalltown and Newtown.<\/strong> Intouch Community Tour with In-Touch Youth Development & Community Justice in\u00a0Orange Farm.<\/strong> Walk The Wilds with James Delaney at The Wilds, Yeoville, Berea and Louis Botha\u00a0Coridor.<\/strong> Time Flies and the Mystery of Braam\u2019s Fountain with Dr Myer Taub (and collaborators\u00a0from Wits Urban Institute and Michaelis School of Art) in Orange Grove, Norwood,\u00a0Orchards and Ethel and Gray Park.<\/strong> De-Tour: Living Landscapes after Forced Removals with Fietas Museum in Fietas and\u00a0Sophiatown.<\/strong> Walk Soweto with Notes with His and Hers Jams in Soweto’s Orlando East and West.<\/strong> Led by a walk host, each JoziWalks experience is an opportunity to discover and give a\u00a0voice to the stories of people who have shaped a community, and to kickstart conversations\u00a0about the achievements and challenges of a place. The walks are a chance to present a\u00a0personal take on the culture, social history and development of a neighbourhood. As an\u00a0infrastructure developer the JDA\u2019s work has a vital social impact and the #JoziWalks\u00a0initiative encourages conversation about possible local solutions to neighbourhood issues. It\u00a0is hoped that the #JoziWalks initiative inspires exploration and conversation about how\u00a0Joburgers live in their neighbourhoods long after the walks have taken place.<\/p>\n The Walk My Jozi with #JoziWalks project is supported by Johannesburg In Your Pocket\u00a0City Guide (PR and media), LNM Entertainment (events management) and official project\u00a0photographers Joburg Photowalkers.<\/p>\n For all interview requests and press enquiries about #JoziWalks please contact<\/strong> Follow #JoziWalks online<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Facebook:\u00a0facebook.com\/joziwalks\/<\/a> Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) For immediate release #JoziWalks is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":8927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7305],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-releases-2018"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jda.org.za\/archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jda.org.za\/archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jda.org.za\/archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jda.org.za\/archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jda.org.za\/archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jda.org.za\/archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jda.org.za\/archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jda.org.za\/archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jda.org.za\/archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jda.org.za\/archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTransforming local residents\u2019 homes into art galleries, Maboneng Township Arts\u00a0Experience\u2019s Siphiwe Ngwenya explores Alexandra\u2019s underground art community.<\/p>\n
\nBlack Bite Productions\u2019 Lucky Nkali shares his experience of being a township cyclist,\u00a0offering a chance to experience Diepsloot on two wheels while visiting local artist workshops\u00a0and public art installations.<\/p>\n
\nArtist, community activist and founder of Troyeville\u2019s Spaza Art Gallery Andrew Lindsay\u00a0leads a guided walk through the inner-city Eastern Gateway\u2019s parallel communities of\u00a0Troyeville, Ellis Park, Bertrams and Doornfontein giving participants an opportunity to join in\u00a0a large-scale art installation project.<\/p>\n
\nLed by Outreach Foundation\u2019s Creative Director Gerard Bester and designed by the Hillbrow\u00a0Theatre Project youth in association with heritage activist Flo Bird of the Johannesburg\u00a0Heritage Foundation, this Hillbrow walk incorporates art and performance and offers a youthled\u00a0perspective on the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n
\nGriffin Shea of the independent bookshop Bridge Books traces the inner-city\u2019s literary history\u00a0and informal book trade, with torytelling, poetry recitals and readings along the walk.<\/p>\n
\nSkateboard through the inner-city streets with City Skate Tours founder Ayanda Mnyandu as\u00a0he explores early Joburg\u2019s history and the rise of skater culture in the inner city.<\/p>\n
\nOrange Farm residents James Sekhonyane and Intouch Youth Development and\u00a0Community Justice\u2019s Phumla Lurayi showcase their neighbourhood with cultural and modern\u00a0dance performances and visits to local landmarks such as the Great Stairs of Orange Farm.<\/p>\n
\nArtist James Delaney leads a walk through The Wilds, a beautiful historic park that Delaney\u00a0has been instrumental in helping to restore and revive through community activism. The walk\u00a0hightlights The Wilds hidden beauty and the ongoing restoration work happening there to\u00a0transform this once dangerous place into a welcoming public space.<\/p>\n
\nIndependent academic researcher and theatre maker Dr Myer Taub leads an interactive\u00a0treasure hunt through Orange Grove, Norwood, Orchards and Ethel and Gray Park making\u00a0stops at prominent historic landmarks such as the Radium Beer Hall and the homes of\u00a0leading anti-apartheid activists.<\/p>\n
\nFietas Museum founder Salma Patel together with Tshepo Letsoalo from Sophiatown The\u00a0Mix trace the history of Fietas, Vrededorp and Sophiatown, remembering the vibrant\u00a0neighbourhoods that were the victim of the devastating Apartheid policy of forced removals.<\/p>\n
\nHis and Hers Jams founder Tshidiso Setshogwe follows the history of Soweto\u2019s musicians\u00a0through the historic neighbourhoods of Orlando East and West. Celebrating Soweto\u2019s rich\u00a0music heritage the walk ends with performances by local musicians and dancers.<\/p>\n
\nMelusi Hlatshwayo at<\/strong>\u00a0walkmyjozi@gmail.com<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or on\u00a0087 808 1099<\/strong>.
\nPress release issued by Johannesburg In Your Pocket on behalf of:<\/strong>
\nDouglas Cohen, Executive Manager: Planning and Strategy, Johannesburg\u00a0Development Agency<\/strong><\/p>\n
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