Workshop Newtown

Johannesburg


Occupying part of the 1911 Potato Sheds building that is now part of the Newton Junction mall development, this small arcade offers up emerging fashion labels including the luxe and very Missoni-like knitwear Maxhosa by Laduma. There are also some arts and crafts courtesy of African Image and others.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Johannesburg attractions

1. Museum Africa

0.07 MILES

This museum, housed in the old Bree St fruit market, offers a wide range of exhibitions on historical themes, including the Treason Trials of 1956–61, the…

2. Newtown Pillars

0.11 MILES

The massive concrete pillars holding up the M1 Highway in Newtown have become an outdoor art gallery, featuring ever-changing graffiti murals by some of…

3. Mary Fitzgerald Square

0.13 MILES

Named after South Africa’s first female trade unionist, this square is partly decorated with an array of heads, carved from old railway sleepers by…

4. Workers’ Museum

0.15 MILES

This important museum is in the restored Electricity Department’s compound, which was built in 1910 for 300-plus municipal workers and has been declared a…

5. Turbine Hall

0.2 MILES

An icon of the city's rebirth, this massive power station was refurbished in 2007 and now houses the impressive new headquarters of AngloGold Ashanti as…

6. Sci-Bono Discovery Centre

0.27 MILES

Testament to the remarkable reawakening of downtown Jo'burg, this well-organised science museum, full of interactive exhibitions, occupies a former power…

7. Nelson Mandela Bridge

0.31 MILES

Opened two days after Mandela’s 85th birthday in 2003, this cable-stayed bridge is the longest of its kind in Southern Africa and an icon of the…

8. Walter and Albertina Sisulu Statue

0.4 MILES

By Jo'burg artist Marina Walsh, this charming statue depicts larger-than-life versions of the Sisulus in their elder years, seated and facing each other…