Langa, that means solar, was established in 1927 by way of the 1923 City Space Act and is among the oldest townships in South Africa. It was a focal space for a lot of the resistance in opposition to the apartheid authorities and as such has a wealthy – if typically turbulent – historical past. It’s well-known for its cultural choices, its heat and sense of neighborhood and big selection of choices obtainable to guests.
Distance from Cape City to Langa: 12.4km (14 minutes)
Watch our Neighbourhood video on Langa as native playwright Fatima Dike takes you on an insider’s tour of the realm, dropping in in any respect her favorite spots:
The place to eat
Eziko
The Eziko Restaurant gives a memorable African consuming expertise. Linked to the Eziko Cooking and Catering Faculty, which was set as much as educate members of the area people to prepare dinner and so present them with marketable abilities. Eziko is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner on prior request, and is a well-liked cease with tour operators.
Web site: www.ezikorestaurant.co.za
Lelapa Restaurant
Lelapa, which implies ‘the house’ was established in October 1999, impressed by an thought to create a restaurant serving conventional township delicacies and to permit friends to expertise a small slice of township life. Catering for as much as 100 folks, Lelapa offers a heat, relaxed ambiance with a neighborhood marimba group available to supply the leisure.
Web site: www.lelapa.co.za
Mzansi’s Restaurant
Mzansi Restaurant was born by way of the imaginative and prescient of Nomonde Siyaka’s late mom. Serving conventional meals served in an genuine African surroundings, Mzansi’s has an in-house marimba band offering the tunes and the ambiance, whereas Nomonde and her husband Ace are sometimes round to work together with friends. Heat and welcoming, the restaurant is positioned within the coronary heart of Langa and is a neighborhood favorite.
Web site: www.mzansi45.co.za
Malusi’s Tavern
A youth-orientated tavern that mixes two of town’s finest choices – meat and beer. Good for these searching for a spot with a vigorous and welcoming ambiance.
Contact: 082 481 1726
The place to play
Langa Sports activities Advanced
The Langa Sports activities Advanced is a multi-purpose sports activities facility, which has helped produce numerous native sportsmen, who’ve since gone on to symbolize South Africa in a spread of sports activities, together with cricket, rugby and hockey. Nationwide and Provincial groups – each native and from overseas – typically conduct clinics with the native children to assist enhance their abilities and provides them the perfect likelihood of success of their chosen sports activities. The advanced is spectacular and varieties part of many native excursions.
Neighbourhood Tradition
Guga S’Thebe Arts & Tradition Centre
Guga S’thebe Arts & Tradition Centre is a must-visit whereas in Langa. Housed in a brightly colored constructing, the centre, like most of the companies in Langa, is devoted to the empowerment of the native folks. The centre has exhibition areas, the place there are common exhibitions, artwork studios and a useful resource centre.
The title Guga S’thebe is acceptable and has a wealthy cultural that means. It’s derived from the title of the normal Xhosa platter referred to as isithebe that’s used to serve friends and members of the family. The phrase signifies a gathering place and ubuntu as a result of throughout meal instances folks sit across the isithebe to share a meal. Fittingly, the precinct is a shared public area the place communities can come collectively and share a meal or their tales.
The theatre, in the meantime, is part of the broader Langa Cultural Precinct that has preserved the township’s wealthy cultural historical past and serves to help inventive expertise. The theatre undertaking was developed with a view to develop native audiences even additional. The 200-seater auditorium was deliberate to cater for theatre, dance, music and movie, whereas the centre as an entire providers visible arts, design, crafts and efficiency.
Web site: shorturl.at/p7Zal
Excursions
There are a selection of tour operators that run quite a lot of choices in Langa. Beneath are just some that you may select from, all providing distinctive and genuine experiences of the realm.
Ubizo Occasions and Excursions
Ubizo Occasions and Excursions is a tour operator specialising in excursions that encapsulate the locals’ lives. Excursions embrace native African meals at Mzansi’s, Ubuntu tradition, conventional music, a wealthy various historical past in addition to a ‘homestay’ expertise, all designed to supply a real engagement with the area people.
Web site: www.ubizo-sa.co.za
Take a Tour with Camissa
Be taught in regards to the historical past of the black neighborhood from Langa locals whenever you take a half-day tour with Camissa Journey and Advertising. Let your tour information, who resides in Langa, take you on a strolling tour of their neighbourhood to point out you the township as they see it.
Web site: www.gocamissa.co.za
Sam’s Cultural Excursions
Providing excursions to small teams, incorporating the wealth of tradition within the space and run by educated native guides, Sam’s Cultural Excursions are a improbable solution to get to know Langa. Excursions embrace visits to a household hostel, a shebeen and a conventional healer.
Web site: www.samsculturaltours.co.za
Township “Diski” (Social Soccer Tour)
Socialise with the younger and outdated of Langa township throughout an off-the-cuff sport of soccer.
This tour additionally features a “braai” (barbecue) and beer in certainly one of Langa’s in style social venues the place guests can additional mingle with locals.
Web site: www.gocamissa.co.za
The place to remain
Ma Neo’s
Ma Neo’s is the main B&B in Langa, with nice services guaranteeing a snug stayover and improbable conventional meals on provide. Lunch and dinner can be found on request and inside strolling distance of native shebeens.
Location: Zone 7 St, Langa
Contact: 021 694 2504
Langa Quarter Homestay Lodge (LQHH)
This Social Enterprise Lodge idea organises collaborating ‘homestay’ households below one group construction. The strategic advantages of a lodge; advertising and marketing, reserving, coaching, are mixed with the distinctive experiential high quality of residing with a household in a homestay. Different residents provide the LQHH with providers, from laundry, meals provides and hair & pedicures.
Web site: www.ikhayalelanga.co.za
Airbnb
Locals have opened up their houses to vacationers by way of Airbnb, permitting guests an genuine expertise and locals an opportunity to construct a enterprise. This space is such an Airbnb favorite that their co-founder Brian Chesky visited the realm early in 2017 to congratulate the primary 9 hosts who graduated from iKhaya le Langa’s host program. iKhaya le Langa is a non-profit organisation that seeks to uplift the neighborhood by way of tourism and social enterprise with Langa Quarter, a precinct showcasing the heritage of this space.
Web site: www.airbnb.com/s/Langa or www.ikhayalelanga.co.za
POCKET-FRIENDLY LANGA
Twins Sifiso and Sibusiso meet with their buddy Zintle to find the distinctive neighborhood of Langa. Catch drumming, historical past and a really particular vibe as they uncover the realm for R150 per individual!
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