The December Trial
Wanneer maak julle oop? Donerdag 18de Desember 2025. When are you opening? Are you ready yet? You know, we drove passed Johnson's Post this morning and we stopped there for a coffee but you guys weren't open yet... So, when are you guys opening? What kind of store is it going to be? I promised a coffee machine, and a top-class barista. I have both. We will make an exceptional cup of coffee for you. Maybe offer you a lemon meringue or New York cheesecake to accompany the coffee? A croisant, perhaps? Is that all? No, we are not done.
The Sunday Paper
The schools are closed for the December and we're about to get busy down here in sleepy old Vogelvlei. The subtle signage has gone up next to the road and the last markie seems like a distant memory. Locals are craving their time at the shop. The shelves are ready to carry their new stock. We're almost ready to open the shop - but not quite. And if not the shop, then at the very least the coffee machine will be on in a day or 2. We're minus a few tables and
New beginnings
Out of the dust emerged the gem. The elbow grease was beginning to payoff and some of the old shine was coming back. What were we working with was more than we could have ever imagined. But we were going to have to do some infrastructural stuff to bring the shop to within spec for it's new chapter... The Johnson's Post Character Bathrooms came into being when Oom Basie and I were discussing water. Water for coffee. As in not brak water. And the tank on the side of the shop wasn't going to hold water again. Minus a
The clean up
On 27th September 2025 Die Johnson's Pos Markie went on sabbatical in preparation for the minor facelift. How long was this going to take? We wanted to be ready for the festive season, and set the aim for 15th December. The smell of braaivleis would be on the air by the 16th, and the sunburnt bodies visible by the weekend. The container (for storage of the shop contents) arrived on 30th September, and we began unpacking the shop on 1 October. Dana Arnoldi
Johnson’s Post gets a new look
Johnson's Post, Johnson's Pos, die winkel - has a new look & a new logo. The old shop has a new set of work drabs & is ready for a new season of connecting people and playing host to the sounds of children's laughter. Johnson's Post, Johnson's Pos, die winkel - has a new look & a new logo. The old shop has a new set of work drabs & is ready for a new season of connecting people and playing host to the sounds of children's laughter. The shop exterior is painted in a khaki green
