10 things to do this weekend

Here are 10 suggestions to help you make your weekend a great one:

1. Indulge, indulge, indulge

Immerse yourself in two of the world’s most luxurious treats at the Coffee & Chocolate Expo at Montecasino, Fourways. The expo offers workshops with chefs, an array of suppliers, and the latest in coffee machines, accessories and crockery.

Details: https://www.coffeechoc.co.za/

2. Missed Mandela Day?

A special Mandela Day market will be hosted by Jozi Real Food Market on 19 July at Pirates Sports Club, Greenside. If you missed doing something for Mandela Day, bring donations for the Rosebank Homeless Association to the market, and they will be delivered to the Immaculata Shelter.

Details: https://www.facebook.com/JoziRealFoodMarket

3. Marvellous menagerie

Visit Joburg Zoo and find out more about the colourful, captivating animals of the Amazon Basin at the Animals of the Amazon exhibit. You’ll be able to see creatures including a yellow anaconda, Amazon tree boa constrictors, Honduran milk snakes, curly-hair tarantulas, Costa Rican tiger rump spiders, green iguanas, Seba short-tailed bats, freshwater fish, and primates from Central and South America.

Details: www.jhbzoo.org.za

4. Great green lung

Explore Joburg’s second largest green lung, the Alberts Farm Conservancy. Slanted up against the Northcliff ridge, this ecologically significant area features indigenous grass and shrub species, several dams, a wetland, a marsh, and Gauteng’s only artesian spring.

Details: www.footprint.co.za/albertsfarm.htm

5. Go fishing

Among the activities offered at Huddle Park Golf Course, Linksfield, this weekend is trout fishing. The club will supply fishing equipment, and those who manage to land a catch have the option of taking their fish home, or having it cooked at the club.

Details: https://www.facebook.com/HuddlePark

6. Inspiration awaits

Midrand’s Washington Business Park will play host to inspirational speaker Bonnke Shipalana, who is on his The Power Within Me South African tour. The talk is aimed at changing people’s perception of themselves through the realisation of their own purpose.

Details: www.quicket.co.za

7. Rock out at the Radium

Head to the Radium Beer Hall, Orange Grove, on 19 July for a night of alternative country tunes with Crystal Park and the Trevor Rebello Band.

Details: 083 542 1044

8. Theatre treats

Catch the absurd, silly musical Monty Python’s Spamalot at the Mandela at Joburg Theatre, or the heartbreaking and humorous The Beauty of Incomplete Things at the Fringe at Joburg Theatre this weekend. Alternatively, see poetry in performance in Poet.O.Type at the Market Theatre.

Details: www.joburgtheatre.com; www.markettheatre.co.za

9. Short ride to freedom

Join the Freedom Ride for Mandela Day on 20 July at Nelson Mandela Bridge, Braamfontein. The ride will begin at 8am, and will travel through the city to Vilakazi Street, Soweto. The event will include a donation of bicycles to children in Soweto.

Details: www.mandeladay.com

10. The livin’ is easy

Head to Tokyo Star, Greenside on 20 July for Good Life Sundays from 3pm. The event is all about good music, good food, and good people.

Details: https://www.facebook.com/glsundays