In this piece, journalist Lucille Davie evaluates Johannesburg’s development by contrasting her 2015 Saturday Star column with an update from 2026. The original article captures an era of civic optimism and emerging creative districts. A decade later, the trajectory has shifted significantly.
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It is appropriate to begin with a declaration of interest: I contributed a chapter on Prynnsberg and supported the publication of this book. That proximity, however, also allows for a fuller appreciation of both its achievements and its limitations. Jackie Kalley, publishing under her Otterley Press
Blue Plaques
Situated in the heart of a bustling African diasporic neighbourhood, Windybrow provides a social window to Johannesburg’s past. Designed in 1896 by William Leck for Theodore Reunert, founder of the engineering firm of Reunert and Lenz, its architecture is eclectically Victorian: a mock Tudor exterior seemingly at odds with Anglo-Moorish interiors.
