As an international tourist who has never visited Joburg, it can be a very confusing place.  There are many reasons for this:

The boundaries have changed over time
It covers a huge area
There is very poor street signage
There has been no useable tourist public transport, although this is in the process of being changed (see post 23 [...]

Check  SA Goodnews no 242 13 December 2009 on  http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/newsletter_archive/the_best_of_2009_2.html
And from Project 2010 Issue 165 18 Dec 2009
2009 will be remembered as the year that South Africa staked its claim to hosting a successful 2010 World Cup. Certainly, the past 12 months have marked an extraordinary turnaround in the preparations for this mega sporting event. Just [...]

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Ground Handling
We offer a complete ground-handling service with shuttles and transfers to and from airports and hotels.  We have offices and staff on duty at the following airports to assist your clients:  Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban,  Pretoria, Polokwane, Nelspruit, George, Bloemfontein.
 
Getting to Rustenburg, Polokwane and Nelspruit
We are able to offer you fly-in/fly-out options to the above [...]

Joburg is definitely the place for soccer fans and TV crews to base themselves for the 2010 World Cup. Of the 63 matches, 15 are in Joburg – either ar Ellis Park or Soccer City. In addition to these, 6 matches are in Pretoria (58 km/36 miles) and 6 are in Rustenberg (165km/102 miles).  And there [...]

There are thousands of photos of Soccer City … but none of them have been mine .. until yesterday when I had the privilege of actually experiencing that space.  Stefania, the project manager of Soccer City, has been  a guest at Amanzi Guesthouse around the corner.  So it’s thanks to Pam that she, myself and three others were given [...]

2010 Match Schedule
GROUP A  1. South Africa  2. Mexico 3. Uruguay 4. France
11 June  – Jhb Soccer City  South Africa – Mexico @  16:00
11 June  – CT Green Point  Uruguay – France @  20:30
16 June  – PTA  Loftus Versfeld Soutth Africa – Uruguay @ 20:30
17 June  – Polokwane Peter Mokaba France – Mexico @ [...]

There a few shows in Joburg next year which, if you are going to be here when they are on, are well worth booking for.  Elton John will have an open air concert of  ‘Under African Skies’ at the Emmerentia Botanical Gardens on 21st March. Tickets all one price of R500. The international group Stomp is [...]

In 1998 AngloGold , under the then chairmanship of Bobby Godsell (of the recent Eskom sliding doors debacle), separated from  Anglo American. A new physical home was thus required. As a vote of confidence in the inner city, AngloGold set its sights on the Turbine Hall. In 2000 the squatters were evicted from the Turbine Hall. [...]

… with thanks to the November issue of House and Leisure (page 140).  Of the ten reasons  to visit Johannnesburg, seven are in the Greater Rosebank Region. The other 3 are:  Joburg CBD, including Arts on Main, and the Cradle of Humankind.  The 7 in the Rosebank Region are listed by House and Leisure (with different numbering) [...]

The town is a-buzz with its latest architectural and cultural landmark.  Circa, a striking elliptical building on the corner of Jellicoe and Jan Smuts Ave, is the daring project of Mark Read of Everard Read Gallery fame.  Seemingly encased in dark streamlined metal fins, the Gallery space has 3 levels.  Exhibition spaces are visiblethrough glass from the [...]