With the city set to take the global stage as world leaders gather to tackle major economic and social challenges, the timing couldn’t be better.
In collaboration with Jozi My Jozi – an initiative committed to connecting and empowering those working toward a more sustainable inner city – this map guide does more than lead you to great coffee and cool galleries. It highlights close to 100 attractions, destinations, and small businesses that are shaping a more sustainable, resilient, and proudly local Joburg.
Joburg’s neighbourhoods are alive with energy, creativity, and culture – but one of the city's biggest challenges has always been the “in-between” spaces, the gaps that make moving easily through and truly experiencing different parts of the city trickier, creating a disconnect. Unfortunately, this disconnect sometimes causes unique spots to suffer or close down, like the local jazz bar, The Marabi Club. This mini city guide sets out to bridge that gap. More than just a collection of destinations, attractions and small businesses, the guide offers curated itineraries and experiences that serve as connectors – both physical and personal.
By linking vibrant pockets of the city and spotlighting the tour guides, storytellers, and community members who move between them, the map becomes not just a map of places – it’s a map of people shaping a more accessible, connected, and dynamic city. One of those people is Ayanda Mnyandu of City Skate Tours, who offers both walking and skateboarding tours that link Braamfontein, Newtown, and Maboneng, while highlighting Joburg’s street art scene along the way.
Highlighted experiences in the map guide include Joburg’s best guided tours, 10 must-do Soweto experiences, and a selection of unique ways to see Joburg that showcase the city’s one-of-a-kind character.
The next map coming up will be a more in-depth printed and digital City Centre map supported by Nando's and Jozi My Jozi for G20.
If you like this, be sure to check out the map of Joburg’s literary district – a project we collaborated on with Griffin Shea of Bridge Books and Bradley Kirshenbaum of Love Jozi. Designer Kirshenbaum and Johannesburg In Your Pocket editor Laurice Taitz-Buntman have joined forces on a number of similar projects since Johannesburg In Your Pocket was founded in 2013, and jokingly refer to themselves as "accidental cartographers". Together they produced a seminal collection of essays on Joburg titled, I Love You I Hate You, bringing together short pieces written by who's who of Joburg writers together with a decade-long history of Love Jozi designs.
This printed mini map and guide marks Johannesburg In Your Pocket dipping its toes back into printed city maps and guides. If you’re keen to get involved, commission a similar guide, or simply find out more, contact us at johannesburg@inyourpocket.com.
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