Blogs from Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Africa - page 15

october 22 2011 from pretoria we travelled to johannesburg to experience the most amazing place,"sab brewery" in nwetown ……wow… wow! It was the most amazing experience ever going with my class mates, having fun and not thinking about tomorrow, The most amazing thing about sab brewery is the centre.IT takes you on a journey of the process of beer brewing, from the planting, harvesting and curing of barley, hops and malt to the final product’s delivery at your favorite bar or pub. It also lets you in to the earliest secrets of the craft and its ancient origins in Babylonia, Mesopotamia. we were taken on a greenhouse tour to see how barley and hops are grown and tended, as well as a full-scale brewery tour. This takes about 90 minutes, and ... read more

In 2010, I was selected to play Hockey and Waterpolo for the Zimbabwe U19 team. The tournaments were held back to back in Johannesburg, South Africa. Sport has been a big part of my life since i can remember. In the Hockey, Zimbabwe place 2nd over all. First was South Africa, then us(Zimbabwe), then Namibia and last was Botswana. What a tight competition it was, although very enjoyable. Zimbabwe placed First in the waterpolo competition, beating South Africa only by a few goals. A very tight match the final was. Team bonding throughout these two tours must have been my highlight. I really enjoy being a team orientated person. I had a blast on both tours :)... read more

Quick coffee and skulk round the airport for breakfast and we'll be off to the Botswaanan border for a safari. Detouring to avoid where the poor miners tradegy happened. Made even more poignant after visiting the apartheid museum yesterday, which was absolutely brilliant. Your ticket designated you white or non-white and split you into separate entrances, as a stark reminder of not only segregated public spaces, but families who were split through different racial classifications. The foundations of apartheid lay in the segregation of black farm workers and gold miners from the white bosses in the late 1800s. Then following WWII the influx of black and Asian people into urban areas frightened the white ruling powers. In 1947 the government passed a law to prevent nonwhites from owning land. From then on a systematic break down ... read more

Oh happy day! We are finally on our way.i have managedto cram my life into a 65L backpack and I have this nagging feeling that I have left something/one behind. this feeling is slowly subsiding and i am getting very excited... this is however not good for sleeping on the plane(one of the things i dont look forward to). i keep having visions of clinging koahala like to an unknown passanger while Fantje takes pictures to use against me. for the nature of the friendship is such. We are happy and excited. flying out of OR Thambo: 20:30 landing Abu Dhabi: 6:00 friday leaving Abu Dabi: 13:00 friday landing Heahrow: 18:00 friday... read more

we have been having issues so that is delay in blogging....love technology not.. We arrived in joburg on Monday after leaving Cape Town on a 6am flight. We stayed atbthe Davinci Hotel, very nice. Even though we ariived well brfore the official check in time our room was avaliable, very cool. We headed to Nelson Mandela square for the photo with the bronze stature of him, but been so tired we forgot to put the battery in the camera lol we decided to head back to room and have a nana nap. We got picked up at one and went on atour of the city. First stop in Houghton was the home of Nelson Mandela when he is in the city, very flash. We then headed to the city centre, not as bad as people make ... read more