How does one spend their weekends in Johannesburg? Despite the security concerns, there is plenty to do, albeit in security controlled areas.
On the Sunday, we went to the Rose Bank Sunday Handicraft market. It was kind of a flea market with a lot of stalls selling paintings, photographs, handicrafts, clothing, candles, knick knacks, curios, souvenirs and of course lots of Chinese made goods. It was very colourful and interesting. There were side events where children were being entertained and on this particular Sunday, there were no African dancers.
We then went to the Apartheid Museum which is next to the Gold Reef City Entertainment centre. It was quite a moving experience and helps one understand the struggle, pain and suffering that the South African black people have been through. When you buy a ticket, it specifies if you are white or non white and accordingly you enter through the respective gate. Kind of creepy but emphasizes the fact that apartheid belongs in a museum.
From there we proceeded to the Gold Reef city where we went down into an old gold mine. It was quite an experience especially as Johannesburg was founded on gold mining. The most interesting part of the tour was the gold being poured into bars. Of course we would have liked to have walked away with the 12kg gold bar, except that it weighed too much.
That evening we spent some time at the Montecasino which is a casino, movie and theatre complex as well as a mall. We walked around the casino but neither of us wanted to waste any money. Instead we had a great time people watching.
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On the Sunday, we went to the Rose Bank Sunday Handicraft market. It was kind of a flea market with a lot of stalls selling paintings, photographs, handicrafts, clothing, candles, knick knacks, curios, souvenirs and of course lots of Chinese made goods. It was very colourful and interesting. There were side events where children were being entertained and on this particular Sunday, there were no African dancers.
We then went to the Apartheid Museum which is next to the Gold Reef City Entertainment centre. It was quite a moving experience and helps one understand the struggle, pain and suffering that the South African black people have been through. When you buy a ticket, it specifies if you are white or non white and accordingly you enter through the respective gate. Kind of creepy but emphasizes the fact that apartheid belongs in a museum.
From there we proceeded to the Gold Reef city where we went down into an old gold mine. It was quite an experience especially as Johannesburg was founded on gold mining. The most interesting part of the tour was the gold being poured into bars. Of course we would have liked to have walked away with the 12kg gold bar, except that it weighed too much.
That evening we spent some time at the Montecasino which is a casino, movie and theatre complex as well as a mall. We walked around the casino but neither of us wanted to waste any money. Instead we had a great time people watching.
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