Johannesburg news

Nike, is launching a one-day fitness, wellness and mindfulness festival in London next month, before taking the event around the world. Scheduled to take place ... More

Antonio Iozzo, founder and CEO of Body Action Gym in Johannesburg, South Africa, has announced plans to open his upscale clubs in seven locations across ... More

Counterspace have been chosen to design the Serpentine Pavilion for 2020 with a design based on gathering spaces and community places around London that will ... More

Fairlawns Boutique Hotel & Spa in Johannesburg, South Africa, has unveiled a new garden spa, which at 1,700sq m, is one of the largest in ... More

A major new waterpark operation has opened its doors in Johannesburg, South Africa, with the US$36m (€31.8m, £28m) Happy Island Waterworld offering among its attractions, ... More

November 2018’s World Architecture Festival (WAF), at the Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Center, will have a speaker list boasting some of the biggest names ... More

Alison Brooks, Alejandro Aravena, Wang Shu, Bjarke Ingels, Elizabeth Diller, Rafael Moneo, Peter Zumthor and David Chipperfield and are among the big names participating in ... More

The Saxon Hotel, located in Johannesburg, South Africa, has released details of its newly-built 700sq m (7,535sq ft), two-storey spa. The spa aims to be ... More

A spa and fitness sala are being added at &Beyond’s Ngala Safari Lodge, located in Kruger National Park in South Africa. The lodge is undergoing ... More

The spa at the Four Seasons Hotel Westcliff Johannesburg has opened following a multi-million dollar restoration of the property. The spa showcases nine treatment rooms ... More

Independent spa industry research company Intelligent Spas has revealed a small selection of findings from 15 new market reports covering four regions. Managing director Julie ... More

Global fitness chain Virgin Active has been sold to South African investment firm Brait. Virgin Active has perennially been linked to potential IPOs – both ... More

A not-for-profit organisation is opening the Play Africa Children’s Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa, to provide young people with the opportunity to learn and develop ... More

A bus carrying a group of 20 spa resort guests and the driver was reportedly hijacked and robbed outside Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria in South ... More

South African operator Zone Fitness opened three clubs in November and December 2014 to take its estate to 18 clubs. The chain, which launched in ... More

CIDESCO will host its 63rd World Congress and Exhibition in Johannesburg, South Africa, from the 20-25 May this year under the theme “Skin is Alive”. ... More

Speculation is once again rife of a high-profile IPO for Virgin Active, although this time the business is said to be preparing to float in ... More

South Africa’s tourism body has launched a new Gandhi-inspired tourism drive, highlighting 13 attractions that enable tourists to “walk in Gandhi’s footsteps and experience the ... More

The 10th annual Les Nouvelles Esthetiques Spa Awards – hosted by Les Nouvelles Esthetiques South Africa in association with Les Nouvelles Esthetiques Paris – announced ... More

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou’s ambitions for a successful public offering of his easyHotel business have been dented, after the discount hotel chain fell well ... More

Non-profit organisation Skateistan has branched out into Africa to launch its third skateboarding project in Johannesburg, South Africa. Skateistan has built on its continuing projects ... More

The founder of easyJet, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is set to push a high-profile listing for his easyHotel company in a bid to raise up to ... More

The Four Seasons Hotel Westcliff Johannesburg, the global operator's first in South Africa, is set to open in the second quarter of 2014. The original ... More

South African eco-spa and yoga retreat Woodlands has made a fresh start to 2014, reopening with a new operator and design following renovation work. Spa ... More

The Museum of African Design (MOAD), Johannesburg, South Africa has opened its doors to the public, with the museum looking to create a pan-African cultural ... More