Pretoria
Mainly selling artisanal foods and drinks, this is a popular meeting spot on a Saturday morning for grazing and general people-watching.
Must-see shopping in South Africa, Lesotho & eSwatini (Swaziland)
Sunshine Coast
This shop has a 'museum' upstairs tracing the development of local surf culture, as well as surfboards, bodyboards, wetsuits and so on.
eSwatini (Swaziland)
Run by a group of women, this sustainable outlet sells modern accessories of cutting-edge design, made in Mbabane from recycled paper.
Durban
One of Durban's major shopping centres, with pharmacies, banks, several chain restaurants, a movie theatre and plenty of chain stores.
Cape Town
Watch various flavours of chocolate being made from organic beans, and sample the very tasty product before you buy.
Gateway Theatre of Shopping (Gateway Mall)
Durban
The mother of all shopping malls is popular with Durbanites. It's reached via the N2 just north of Uhmlanga Rocks.
Cape Town
Daley Muller's super-cute graphic designs are the art for cards, wrapping paper, stationery and kids T-shirts.
Eastern Cape
This shop on the main drag has a good selection of quality African handicrafts.
Johannesburg
A bustling collection of mostly Indian-owned stores selling everything from spices to cheap watches to cookware. If you need your mobile phone fixed, this…
Cape Town
Cape Town's first plastic-free grocery store is a haven for all that is vegan and organic. It's a good place to stock up on fresh veggies, plus they have…
Cape Town
Stocking a quality selection of pre-loved kids’ clothes, toys and furniture. The selection of stuff for newborns to 10-year-olds is impressive.
Cape Town
‘Ability rather than disability’ is the creed of this admirable organisation that creates meaningful employment for physically and mentally challenged…
Western Cape
Based in Rondomskrik, 3km north of the town centre, this community craft project serves as both a youth centre and a way for teenagers to earn some pocket…
Cape Town
This long-running, community-based health organisation operates several projects in the townships, including a weaving factory in Khayelitsha’s Site C…
Cape Town
Browse the booths in this compact arcade, offering a range of antiques and bric-a-brac, and you’re likely to find something of interest, from dusty old…
Franschhoek
An empowerment program gave the two local guys who run this chocolatier a leg up and now people are raving about their confections. There are daily…
Cape Town
Serving the many artists who are starting to take up studio space in this industrial area. If you have any kind of art project in mind then this is the…
Stellenbosch
This place was on the Stellenbosch map before Stellenbosch was on the map. It’s an unashamedly touristy general dealer but still worth visiting for its…
KwaZulu Muti Museum of Man & Science
Johannesburg
This quirky, highly photogenic venture – always ask permission first – is the most accessible of the downtown muti (traditional medicine) stores. Amid…
Cape Town
New and secondhand LPs, CDs, DVDs, books and comics are bought, sold and traded at this reputable shop that features in the award-winning documentary…
Cape Town
Vegetable-dye tanned hides are used for the quality leather products such as belts, bags, wallets and book covers made by these artisans. Find them in the…
Lesotho
Elelloang Basali (Be Aware Women) makes hand-spun mohair rugs with geometric patterns, as well as tapestries and other items. Find it in a building made…
Cape Town
This flower market, where sellers have gathered since 1860, is an explosion of colour along Adderley St. The stalls are open long hours and the sellers…
Cape Town
Masks, jewellery, bargain CDs, pottery and the satirical, anticorporate T-shirts of Laugh It Off are just some of the finds at this market, held in…
Cape Town
Celebrating individual style, this groovy boutique in the bowels of Cavendish Square mall stocks creative local fashion and accessories, as well as fun…
Johannesburg
Held on Saturday mornings around the Market Theatre, there’s a lively, cheerful atmosphere here. Although many stalls sell flea-market rubbish, there are…
Cape Town
A handy, well-stocked mall covering all the bases, with good cafes, bookshops, Pick n Pay and Woolworths supermarkets, a travel agency and a Cape Union…
Cape Town
Worth a browse is this bookshop specialising in art, design and pop culture titles. You can also find many locally published magazines and books, as well…
Cape Town
Bargain hunters converge on the scores of outlet and factory shops here, which sell everything from trainers and T-shirts to watches and luggage, with…
Durban
Large shopping centre with an attractive glass-and-steel dome design. Located on the city’s outskirts in Westville, just a 10km drive from the centre on…
Western Cape
Drop by this women's empowerment project to watch the ladies in action creating adorable knitted bunnies and elephants, crocheted blankets and colourful…
Lesotho
A modern mall with a Pick n Pay supermarket, chain restaurants, numerous services and retailers. Pick n Pay and some of the restaurants have longer hours…
Pretoria
This market is full of stalls selling all kinds of organic food, from cheeses to cakes to preserves. Come early because it’s all sold out by 9am.
Plettenberg Bay
For a bit of retail therapy, head for this complex 3km east of town, with resident artists, a weaving museum, antiques and a restaurant.
Cape Town
An old Huguenot house makes a suitably salubrious venue for investing in some of South Africa’s mineral wealth, in wearable form.
Cape Town
This attractive range of designer cotton children’s clothing has grown from a stall on Greenmarket Sq to a major brand.
Johannesburg
This excellent bookshop deals in books on African literature, history, politics and art and has an African music section.
Cape Town
Features women’s clothes, made from linen, cotton and cashmere by Jenny le Roux, that are classical and practical.
Stellenbosch
This open-air market is a great place to haggle for African carvings, paintings and costume jewellery.
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