![]() I highly recommend it.This site is developed by Adrian Frith. ![]() But Alex does exist and it’s a pretty cool place to visit. If you don’t live in Alex yourself, it’s easy to forget (or perhaps to pretend) that it doesn’t exist. I shot this photo during my first tour of Alex in 2011. Alex is only about three square miles in size and it houses about 200,000 people, possibly more.Īlex is directly adjacent to Sandton City, nicknamed “Africa’s richest square mile”.Īlex with Sandton City looming in the background. Alex is severely lacking in resources and public services and the majority of its residents live in poverty. Alex is home to high concentrations of immigrants from all over South Africa, and Africa. It’s the oldest township in Joburg (older than Soweto), and it was Nelson Mandela’s first Joburg home. Looking out over Alex from a sports field on the edge of the township.Īs I’ve written in previous posts, Alex is one of Joburg’s most historic places. Fortunately there is a new pedestrian bridge now.Ī small food shop - or spaza shop - in Alex.Ī “gogo”, or granny, selling animal entrails and chicken feet by the side of the road. ![]() Our guide, Sifiso, explained that this sewage pipe used to be one of the only places where pedestrians could cross the Jukskei. I chatted briefly to the owners but couldn’t get a clear answer on what the sign actually means. Kids playing in a new park built along the banks of the Jukskei. But here are a few photos in the meantime. ![]() I don’t want to say too much about this walk because I’m definitely going to do a full-length tour with the Hub Presents - it seems like such a cool company and I want to experience all of its offerings before doing a full review. ![]() I’ve been to Alex many times but I never turn down an opportunity to go back, as I believe Alex deserves more love as a tourist destination.Ī child runs next to the bank of the Jukskei River, a trickling waterway that runs through Alex. A couple of weeks ago I took a walk through Alexandra Township, aka Alex, as part of an event sponsored by an Alex-based tourism company called The Hub Presents and a travel networking organization called Travel Massive. ![]()
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