Knightsbridge Rapallo
Johannesberg
Photographed by Elsa Young
The Joburg home of Michele Throssell is a lively abode geared towards entertaining, and reflects the energy of Africa’s biggest metropolis.

People don’t immediately associate the City of Johannesburg with a noteworthy view. Unlike its coastal and postcard-ready counterparts of Cape Town and Durban, it is a sprawling metropolis peppered with little hills or ‘koppies’ swathed in the biggest man-made forest on earth, not a beach in sight or any large body of water for that matter. But it’s the energy and urban eccentricities that give it its clout and of course the trees, so many that in the summer months come alive with bright green from centuries old oaks and lilac from the Jacarandas which in winter provide a palette of tonal sepia next to none. At twilight this scene becomes even more eye-popping with the city lights beyond, especially so if you live in Killarney, a suburb made up of many an art deco apartment block where you get a birds eye view of this unique panorama.


