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I have a BA HED (Higher Education Diploma), and a Tesol English 2nd Language Diploma. I have over 22 years’ teaching experience, and over 15 years’ writing experience, as a journalist in Johannesburg. For the past 3 years I have conducted tours of Joburg.
And when I’m not teaching or writing or conducting tours, I'll be taking in the Joburg vibes and events - it may be a book launch, an art exhibition opening, a touch of jazz, a talk on intriguing stuff . . . there's always something happening in this town, where I have lived for the past 36 years.
Come along on the journey with me - let's have fun exploring English and the city!
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lucilledavie
Jun 20, 2015
Ponte: once a pariah, now a paradise
Ponte, the tallest residential building in Joburg and probably Africa, is full at last, perhaps because it is run a little like a...
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lucilledavie
May 17, 2015
Horses at home in the suburbs
Horses grazing lustily in a lush meadow with a river running through it seems like a perfect rural scene. Except that it takes place in...
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lucilledavie
Apr 11, 2015
Parkhurst joins the 'high speed' fibrehood
Think Parkhurst and you probably think trendy coffee shops and restaurants, not the last mile. But the last mile, or overcoming the last...
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lucilledavie
Mar 7, 2015
The sky can be the limit for Joburg
This crazy city of ours throbs along at a pace that is sometimes breathtaking, sometimes heart-wrenching, sometimes just plain...
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lucilledavie
Feb 7, 2015
Soweto's oarsome canoeing crew
Chunks of concrete, scraps of plastic, bottle tops and a short piece of hosepipe lie in the shallow water on the shoreline, just where...
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lucilledavie
Jan 3, 2015
Dolobran mansion sits smugly among Baker's Joburg icons
For so long I have been infatuated with this house, peeping from between the trees and tall bamboo at the start of Oxford Road. That...
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lucilledavie
Dec 6, 2014
Rissik Street PO to wake from its dreadful slumber
I have a sense it’s going to happen this time - one of my favourite downtown buildings, the once-grand-but-badly-neglected Rissik Street...
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lucilledavie
Nov 15, 2014
Cyclists Juma their way through Jozi
In mid-October I took a trip through dark tunnels, storm water drains and stone-walled canals, under arterial roads and through a...
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lucilledavie
Oct 4, 2014
The Sheds halts its wagon in Ferreirastown
Boer Colonel Ignatius Ferreira would be tipping his brown felt hat in pleasure at developments in the inner city suburb of Ferreirastown....
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lucilledavie
Sep 6, 2014
Skateboarding kids are stoked
Twelve-year-old Happy and 14-year-old Lucky are just that – happy and lucky. The two youngsters are learning to skateboard in the David...
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lucilledavie
Aug 2, 2014
Greening the city is beginning to bear fruit
Plane, oak and jacaranda trees line many streets in Joburg. But recently the city has planted 6 500 fruit trees in the suburbs, and is...
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lucilledavie
Jul 5, 2014
Game for some mind sport? Quizzes are good, clean fun
Are you brainy enough to answer these questions? “Which capital city appears in the title of a Shakespeare play?” or “What does the...
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lucilledavie
Jun 7, 2014
Making rejuvenation of the inner city child's play
One evening a month ago I heard the delighted laughter of children in a place I never thought I would – the inner city. There was a...
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lucilledavie
May 3, 2014
Pageview hero stood his ground for 20 years
They tore up the roads. They cut off the water and electricity. They made sand mounds on the sports field so that the community couldn’t...
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lucilledavie
Apr 5, 2014
Turning rubbish into power at Robinson Deep
I had an otherworldly experience last week. I went to the top of Robinson Deep in Turffontein, our largest landfill site, and took in a...
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lucilledavie
Mar 1, 2014
Cycling for Madiba brought us together
You know when the mayor turns up in cycling gear that something big is going to happen. And it did on Sunday, 9 February. Some 5 000...
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lucilledavie
Jan 4, 2014
We need to reclaim our Hillbrow tower
This is not something that I should be saying in public: I have an intimate relationship with the Hillbrow Tower. It teases me and I love...
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lucilledavie
Nov 2, 2013
Braamfontein to become IT hub of the country
Seventy-year-old Parsotam Bhikha set up shop in Braamfontein almost 50 years ago. He has witnessed the suburb’s blooming from a white...
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lucilledavie
Oct 5, 2013
Once dazzling Chrysler House getting a facelift
Time was that, back in the 1940s, there was a motor town on the southern side of Eloff Street where those who wanted a dazzling new...
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lucilledavie
Apr 6, 2013
Parkrun turns running into fun
Always wanted to run with running champ Bruce Fordyce? Now’s your chance – join Parkrun and run 5 kilometres on a Saturday morning with...
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