Fordsburg
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The Portfolio: If there is a jol there you will go
For photographer Marc Shoul, nothing is sacred in Joburg
Growing up among the traders at the Oriental Plaza
This is an edited extract from Razina Theba’s new book ‘A Home on Vorster Street: A Memoir’
A tribute to Ahmed Essop, teacher, writer and shining light of South Africa
Many revered Essop as a beloved teacher of English before he clashed with the apartheid authorities and was barred from teaching
The Portfolio: Madoda Mkhobeni
"I try to make sure that wherever I am, my camera settings are right for that location and my film is fully loaded."
Gautengers move to shacks and gated estates
Shacks have increased by 204.7% and gated houses by 248.8%, showing a widening gap in the kinds of homes built in the country’s most populous province
Search for ‘good food’ is karma
Just as preparing and eating food binds us, so do visits to markets with fresh, unpackaged products
Spicy atchar turns a hot profit
Atchar can be enjoyed with curry, vetkoek, which is also called magwinya, or the uniquely South African bunny chow called kota
Get a taste of Fordsburg’s history
Sweetmeats, samoosas, laffa, tikka chicken, jalebi, and a mango lassi. Zaza Hlalethwa eats her way through Fordsburg to get a taste of its history.