The Best Food Markets in South Africa

Markets in the Western Cape

Wild Oats Community Farmers' Market in Sedgefield holds its Saturday mornings under shade trees, where growers sell vegetables, flowers, cheese, honey and sauces. Oranjezicht City Farm Market in Cape Town has food stalls, coffee, fresh produce and stalls for clothing and crafts. Neighbourgoods Market in the Old Biscuit Mill in Woodstock, Cape Town, is a weekend food and craft market. Elgin Railway Market sits in a former railway workshop beside Elgin station, with food stalls, shops and bars.

Markets outside Cape Town

Shongweni Farmers Market, a Saturday market in the hills outside Durban, has food stalls, craft stalls and live music. Pretoria Boeremark in Silverton, Pretoria, opens at dawn on Saturdays with farm produce, meat, cheese, flowers and handmade leather goods. Tshakhuma Fruit Market sells fresh fruit and vegetables to drivers on the road to Johannesburg, and some stalls trade through the night.