The Best Food Markets in Africa

Farmers markets

Three farmers markets in Sedgefield, the hills outside Durban and Pretoria sell produce, cheese and cooked food. Wild Oats Community Farmers' Market in Sedgefield is held on Saturday mornings under shade trees, and The Cape Oysters stall shucks oysters in front of customers. Shongweni Farmers Market is a Saturday market with food stalls, craft stalls, live music and a children's play area. Pretoria Boeremark in Silverton, Pretoria, is a Saturday market for farm produce, meat, cheese and handmade leather goods, and it opens at dawn.

Cape Town markets

Oranjezicht City Farm Market in Cape Town moved to a larger site with more seating, and its stalls cover breakfast, seafood and Asian food. Neighbourgoods Market is a weekend food and craft market in the Old Biscuit Mill in Woodstock, Cape Town, with food from cuisines around the world, craft drinks, clothing and a live DJ.

Halls and roadside stalls

Elgin Railway Market is a market of food stalls, shops and bars in a former railway workshop beside Elgin station, with overhead fans on pulleys and shafts that give the hall a steampunk look. Tshakhuma Fruit Market sells fresh fruit and vegetables to drivers on the road to Johannesburg, and some stalls trade through the night.