Perpetual Transition - Reclaiming Joburg’s Inner City

As a city, Johannesburg is notoriously dynamic - always in a state of transition. And nowhere is this more apparent than in our troubled inner city.

So join your guides David Fleminger and Karen Curry as we reclaim the inner city with an open and honest walking tour that takes you from the Market Theatre precinct in Newtown to Beyers Naude Square in the heart of the city. Along the way, we’ll visit Diagonal Street, Chancellor House, the Main Street mining district, the City Library, the Rissik Street Post Office and Gandhi Square before ending at the Rand Club for an optional drink or meal (for your own account).

It’s an eye-opening journey through Joburg as it was then and as it is now - for better and for worse. Come and rediscover everything that makes our city such a fascinating urban melting pot, filled with contradictions, calamities, successes, failures and rebirth. 

Please note: this is an inner city walking tour. Leave your valuables at home and wear good walking shoes to handle the uneven pavements. Bring along a sunhat, water and sunscreen. The distance covered is around 3kms.

Secure parking is available at the Newtown Junction Mall, 138 Lilian Ngoyi St, and we will meet outside the adjacent Market Theatre. The tour ends at the Rand Club so you will either need to walk back to Newtown or catch an Uber.