The RAND CLUB nearly burns down!
This February Represent’s Editorista celebrated a rather decadent birthday party in the hallowed rooms of the glam Rand Club in downtown Joburg…It was a night to remember as the masala of party guests turned it’s snotty history on it’s head. It is thus with great shock that we heard that a fire had gutted the first floor and mezzanine level of this robust institution. The Bar on the fi…
rst floor was legendary and gorgeous, the mezzanine level was completely over the top and to die for darl…
In September last year Johannesburg tragically lost an ancient architectural and historical treasure, the Wanderers Club, which sadly did not make it through the ravages of an electrical fire…
We will go and get some pics of the Rand Club, but in the meantime check out this article from the TELEGRAPH that tells it as they see it.
This pic is of a section of the LIBRARY at the Rand Club – for more pics check out our photo’s on FLICKR –
