Tagged as: townships
Exploring Masiphumele Township by bicycle
Whilst I had been into one or two townships in and around Cape Town in search of braai meat at Mzoli’s and to hand out blankets when a fire raged through Masiphumele Township, I had never cycled through one especially on one of the cold and rainiest days the W...
6 Essential Activities in South Africa
There are a few things that every tourist simply has to try if they want to have a real experience of South Africa. These are available across most of the provinces and define, to an extent, the African encounter. Of course, even if you only manage to leave th...
Port Elizabeth Township Tour – Tales From the Township
Lyn and Peter Haller own a tour company in Port Elizabeth called Umzantsi Afrika. As such, they offer a number of fantastic tours that expose the art, culture, history and heritage of Nelson Mandela Bay. The Port Elizabeth Township Tour is a very special exper...
Townships By Bike in Johannesburg And Cape Town
I've recently been inspired by Bicycle Portaits – everyday South Africans and their bicycles.
For those who don't know, Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler (two guys in Cape Town) raised the funds for the book via a website called Kickstarter and successfully ...
Langa Township by Greg Lumley
Today we feature two of Greg Lumley's photographs taken in the Langa township, an area made up of infamous singles quarters, hostels of migrant workers of the apartheid era, a squatter camp, a vast taxi rank, a community centre, and settlers. Langa is high on...
Township Tourism in South Africa
It could only be the can-do spirit of South Africans that took what most people consider to be one of our country’s failings, and turned it into something positive. Township tourism, which took off after our first post-Apartheid elections in 1994, is becoming ...