Subscribe in a reader One Sunday in Maboneng. What is Maboneng? I heard about this place but never been here before. They say it is a new buzzing area in a heart of Johannesburg. The meaning of the word “Maboneng” is from Sotho- “place of light”. Maboneng precinct is not so big, just couple of streets. What I like here that you can park your car and walk around. Historically, not so long ago this area was decaying. One of property developers Jonathan Liebmann discovered it and thought of a possibility to regenerate one of the central areas of Johannesburg and create a place to promote arts and culture. He teamed up with an architect Enrico Daffonchio and they created Arts on Main in 1990’s. Arts on Main is situated in 5 connected warehouses and combines some of the best SA galleries and artists: Goodman Gallery, Seippel Gallery and also studios of artists like William Kentridge, Michael Subotzky and Kim Lieberman. I was very surprised to know ...