| It's a well known fact that South Africans have a | | | | head to the Premier Diamond Mine at Cullinan, not too |
| passion for shopping, so whilst you're away in South | | | | far from Pretoria. Here, you can sit back and relax |
| Africa, make the most of the opportunity to shop | | | | with a chilled glass of wine, as a designer sketches |
| until you drop. With everything from large shopping | | | | ideas for your piece of jewellery. You will even be |
| malls, to specialty boutiques, to flea and arts and | | | | able to see the mine that the stone used in your |
| craft markets, you'll find plenty of ways to splash | | | | piece came from. Visiting the mine is a real |
| that holiday cash. | | | | experience and you'll end up with a piece of jewellery |
| Shopping Central | | | | that you'll treasure forever. |
| If you're looking for a home away from home during | | | | Mince Around the Markets |
| your time in South Africa, then head to your nearest | | | | Whether you're into haberdashery, bits and bobs and |
| shopping mall. You will easily be able to spend entire | | | | bric-a-bac, or unique, hand-made souvenir pieces you'll |
| days trawling the stores in these enormous | | | | find what you're looking for at one of South Africa's |
| complexes, picking up plenty of souvenirs to bring | | | | markets. From smaller arts and craft markets, to the |
| back with you. One of the largest of these shopping | | | | larger and more exciting flea markets you'll find in the |
| centres, the Mammoth Gateway just outside Durban, | | | | bigger cities, the atmosphere is something that simply |
| spans a massive 37 acres, meaning only one thing - a | | | | cannot be recreated anywhere else. There are many |
| lot of shops! Rivalling Durban's shopping centre, is the | | | | markets to explore but the ones that the avid |
| Victoria and Alfred waterfront in Cape Town, which | | | | market shopper will enjoy the most are unarguably |
| is home to over 400 stores that will suit people with | | | | the Rosebank Market in Johannesburg, which sells an |
| the highest to the lowest of budgets. If you're going | | | | enormous variety of imported African arts, crafted |
| shopping while you're in South Africa any one of the | | | | pieces and fabrics, and Cape Town's legendary Green |
| 24 major shopping malls is well worth a visit. | | | | Market Square. This marketplace is simply brimming |
| Find the Finery | | | | with handmade goods, including clothing, jewellery and |
| If you're worried that the souvenirs that you buy in | | | | shoes. For authentic South African wares, the |
| South Africa will become out-dated as the fashions | | | | markets are the best place to do your shopping. |
| change, then perhaps you might like to steer away | | | | So if you're worried that you might not be able to fit |
| from the clothing side of shopping and head towards | | | | your weekly splurge into your holiday in South Africa, |
| the jewellery side instead. Known for its diamond, | | | | then rest easy. There is plenty of shopping to be |
| platinum and gold mining capabilities, South Africa is | | | | done, and you will be able to bring home everything |
| unsurprisingly a fantastic place to refresh your | | | | from the most fashionable, to the finest, to the |
| jewellery box. There are plenty of renowned | | | | most contemporary of souvenirs. |
| jewellers in South Africa but for a real experience, | | | | |