There are moments when an object suddenly becomes much more than an object. I had one of those moments last weekend at the Origins Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand.I was David Russo's guest at the wonderful evening organised by the Wits School of Geosciences as part of Jozi 140, the celebration of 140 years of Johannesburg. David is a
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Johannesburg from the Riverbanks: Navigating the Jukskei is an ambitious and timely contribution to Johannesburg studies. Bringing together twenty-one chapters by twenty-six contributors, the volume emerged largely from the 2023 Riparian Urbanism project and seeks to reposition the Jukskei River
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Designed by Aburrow and Treeby in 1903, this house was first occupied by Aubrey St. John Cook of the Indian Army. He came to South Africa in January 1900 as Staff Officer for Transport and was Secretary to the Military Compensation Commission. A fine soldier, he was mentioned in despatches, and awarded the D.S.O.