Johannesburg is a young city that dominates the African continent.
It is a city built on a unique mining and financial history during its 123 year history.
It has always been a city of immigrants and migrants and transitions and transformations make for dynamism and expansion.
Joburg's people are innovative, thrusting and ambitious; they come from a diversity of cultures .
Ours is a city of wealth and poverty, but it is also a city of aspirations, where dreams sometimes do come true.
This is the only city in the world not built on a port or on a major river.
The geography and geology of the Witwatersrand offered a unique location and shaped the layering and development of
mining, industry, commerce, educational and residential endeavours.
This tour of Johannesburg with a focus on history, economics, city design and architecture gives you an an
insightful overview of Johannesburg and its citizens- past, present and future.
The tour has been created by Professor Kathy Munro ( Faculty of Commerce Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand)
an economic historian and Johannesburg enthusiast. Souvenir notes will be provided.
Join us for a memorable afternoon and don't forget your camera
The tour will start at 13:30. The bus will be waiting for us in the Planitarium parking lot.
Workshop participants wanting to take the tour should inform the organisers by Monday 26 April so that we can arrange packed lunches.
