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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!

lucilledavie

Feb 15, 2012

Markhams' battle for survival

The Markhams building in the CBD and Alexandra township have an unlikely person in common: both were saved from destruction by cabinet minister Dr Piet Koornhof. He saved Alexandra from being flattened in 1979, with the help of reverend Sam Buti, and in the same year, he helped save Markhams from demolition. Buti, who initiated and drove the Save Alex Campaign in the late 1970s, and Koornhof, minister of co-operation and development in the apartheid government, were friends b

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Markhams' battle for survival

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