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Township Tours
Published: 31/01/2011 by Carrie Hampton
While in the Kayelitsha-Gugulethu region, make the township-based Sivuyile Tourism Centre, (next to Sivuyile College), your starting point - tel: 021 637 8449. Or board the red double-decker bus for a Township Music Tour whose highlights include, a drumming circle, traditional African instruments, story-telling, and a stop for a 'washdown' (usually referring to a beer), at a shebeen (tavern - often unlicensed). Tel: 021 790 8825.
Khayelitsha
Visit Khayelitsha, South Africa's second largest township, which has traditionally been the point of arrival for job-hunters from the former Transkei and Ciskei black homelands. Your stay in Khayelitsha is not complete without a visit to Philani Nutrition Centre (Walter Sisulu Road, Site C, tel: 021 387 5124). Here you can snap up township-inspired tapestries, pillows and shirts. Also visit the Khayelitsha Craft Market (St Michael’s Church, Ncumo Road, tel: 021 361 5246). For Khayelitsha township tour bookings tel: 021 970 3172.
