Markets/Shopping (Category) - 118 posts

Fortiscue and Nokuthula Helepi founded African Flavour Books, an all-African in the Vaal in 2013. They recently opened a second shop in Braamfontein.

I spent an evening at the Stall Night Market at Cedar Square Mall in Fourways. Despite my initial judginess about night markets, I had a great time.

Hidden behind an imposing metal fence in an office park in Modderfontein, La Marina Foods sells the freshest fish in Johannesburg.

Heather (2Summers) and Meruschka (Mzansigirl) are hosting a #WalkMyCity tour of Joburg, sponsored by Hi-Tec. We're visiting all kinds of cool secret places.

I spent a morning exploring Marabastad, a vibrant, historic, chaotic shopping district just outside of downtown Pretoria.

I generally dislike shopping. But I love buying arts and crafts, especially when I travel. Here are some of my favorite arts and crafts in Africa.

Antique-shopping is a popular pastime in South Africa. If you really want to do it right, Pretoria's Antique Route 6 is the place to go.

The Box Shop, a box-shaped shopping center and coffee shop on Vilakazi Street, is a fun Soweto hangout for locals and tourists alike.

The Multiflora Market, east of downtown Joburg in City Deep, is nearly 75 years old and auctions off thousands of South African flowers every day.

Welcome to Week 2 of my #Gauteng52 challenge, for which I will visit and blog about a new place in Gauteng Province every week for 52 straight weeks. This week …

The 2016 Oriental Plaza Instameet was a great success. Here are the three winners of the Instameet photography contest.

The first-ever Oriental Plaza Instameet is happening in Fordsburg on 3 December 2016. It's going to a blast. Don't miss it.