Johannesburg's funky Jeppestown neighborhood




Visiting South Africa's biggest, most bustling city, there’s so much to draw you in besides the standard “sightseeing”. It’s a hotbed of urban artists, as well as hybrid architecture and history of districts such as Jeppestown, that make Johannesburg one of this vast continent’s most colourful and diverse destinations. The artistic soul that permeates many of Jo’burg’s urban precincts has been given a huge boost in recent years by the City of Gold Festival, held every October. In 2015, the biggest splash was by the international street artist ABOVE (né Tavar Zawacki, of San Francisco,California). Though these days largely based in Berlin, this 35-year-old’s voice has for some years been echoing in the streets here, as well, unforgettable, with its...  keep reading 

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