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Gauteng residents and visitors are in for a treat this week when Africa Day celebrations kick off in Johannesburg’s Maboneng Precinct.

Although traditionally fêted on 25 May, this year’s Africa Day merriments will run from 19 to 26 May in Main Street and include music events, dance performances, drumming ensembles, art and craft exhibitions and food fairs.

Sumptuous food, adventure quads, four-star luxury rooms, touring on mountain bikes, historic tales, exquisite art, marsh owls, great entertainment and birding picnics. Where am I?

Very few people would believe in Gauteng’s sprawling township of Soweto but, thanks to a small group of budding entrepreneurs, that’s all changing.

The Gauteng Tourism Authority wowed Indaba attendees with its amazing stand design this year. A tall passage of cardboard rolls supports a series of new-age chandeliers in a look that has inspired many to linger and enjoy its carefully designed details.

The gorgeous design and green thinking behind the stand won Gauteng Tourism a Platinum award at the Indaba stand awards in the destination marketing category. Platinum is the apex award – there is none higher or more coveted.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was such a legend in his own lifetime that he was given the title Mahatma, meaning “great soul”. He united people of different races and religions, but most of all he united people in colonised countries in developing “satyagraha”, a form of resistance that was both ethical and effective.