HALF DAY 9:00am to 1:00pm or 2:00pm to 5:30pm
Included: Walking Tour Fee
Discover how the squalor and the deprivation of the townships of a previously disadvantaged community is being transformed and provided with modern schools, clinics, electricity, clean water, liveable homes and sport facilities.
Their struggle against apartheid and their endeavours during these difficult years to uplift themselves through the establishment of community centres and informal trading initiatives like “spaza” shops and “Shebeens”.
Get an idea of what is being done about HIV and Aids through aids clinics, youth centres and counselling programs.
We visit three areas which affected so-called “non whites”, namely Black, Coloured and Indian people.
LANGA TOWNSHIP (the sun) Cape Town’s oldest township established in 1927 where a local community guide takes you on a walking tour of…
The infamous “singles quarters* and the hostels, – a product of the Migrant Workers Laws of the previous regime which destroyed families and created a dysfunctional society.
The “new flats” which are the old hostels now converted into smart new family apartments. A chance for decent family living.
An informal settlement, derogatorily called a “squatter camp” – residents awaiting a new home.
SETTLERS “The Beverly Hills” of Langa, built for former civil servants as a smoke-screen to foreign visitors.
A community centre, craft market (shop for locally-made arts and crafts which directly benefit the community), a tavern (shebeen), a pre-school and a township restaurant where lunch is an option
Langa Taxi Rank – sequel to the Sharpville Massacres of 21 March 1960, as a result of the defiance campaign over the pass laws, led by P.A.C. leader Robert Sobukwe and local resistance leader, Phillip Kgosana
Phillipi and Brown’s Farm – a vast previously “coloured” group area. See many of the government’s new housing development and discover why they were classified “coloured” under previous race laws.
Rylands A so called Indian Group area, where we get an insight into their contribution in the struggle against the political, social and economical injustices of the past.
MEET THE PEOPLE, FEEL THE WARMTH, DISCOVER THE TRUTH
This tour is a moving, learning experience, where you meet the real people of the real South Africa. We contribute a portion of the tour price to community project.
Overnight Package
- Afternoon tour
- Guesthouse in Langa or Khayelitsha D/B/B
- Transfer next morning to Cape Town
