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fiogf49gjkf0d TRIBAL SHIELDS, SPEARS, MASKS, BEADS, DIAMONDS, INDIAN SPICES, IVORY, JEWELLERY, KRUGERRANDS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ARE SOME OF THE SOUVENIRS TO BE FOUND. LOCAL WINE, BRANDY AND LIQUEUR ARE CHEAP AND USUALLY EXCELLENT. ALL CITIES AND TOWNS HAVE MODERN SHOPPING CENTRES. IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE CAPITAL, PRETORIA THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PLACES TO SHOP FOR SOUVENIRS. THE SOUTH AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF ARTS IS ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE MOMENTUM CENTRE IN PRETORIUS STREET. IN GREATER PRETORIA THERE IS THE CROCODILE RIVER ARTS AND CRAFTS COMPLEX. PAINTINGS DRAWINGS, SCULPTURES, HANDWOVEN RUGS, JEWELLERY AND DESIGNER CLOTHES CAN BE PURCHASED. THERE IS ALSO THE ORGANIC VILLAGE MARKET IN CULROSS ROAD, BRYANSTON. THIS IS A COTTAGE INDUSTRY SELLING HANDICRAFTS AND JEWELLERY AND AT MAGALIESBURG THERE IS A COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS SELLING SCULPTURES AND POTTERY. IN CAPETOWN SOUTH AFRICAS LEGISLATIVE CAPITAL, IN GREENMARKET SQUARE THERE IS A FLEA MARKET AND ALSO AT THE RAILWAY STATION. GOLDEN ACRE CENTRE IS A SHOPPING COMPLEX. ON THE SOUTH WEST CAPE THE RESORT OF HERMANUS ON THE SHORES OF WALKER BAY, IN ARUM STREET SEMI PRECIOUS STONES AND JEWELLERY CAN BE BOUGHT. IN THE DURBAN REGION RAMSGATE IS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS ANTIQUE SHOPS AND GALLERIES. IN DURBAN ITSELF THERE ARE THE ORIENTAL ARCADES OF MADRESSA AND AJMERI WHERE STREET VENDORS AND SMALL SHOPS SELL A VARIETY OF GOODS. AT THE INDIAN MARKET EXOTIC JEWELLERY, SPICES AND CURIOS CAN BE PURCHASED AND AT THE AFRICAN ARTS CENTRE ORIGINAL CREATIONS BY ZULU CRAFTSMAN CAN BE FOUND, BEADWORK, BASKETS, CERAMIC POTS, SCREEN PRINTS, FABRICS AND GRAPHIC ART. IN THE TRANSVAAL, MELVILLE IN THE JOHANNESBURG AREA IS WELL KNOWN FOR HOME MADE FABRICS AND CLOTHES. IN ROCKEY STREET, JOHANNESBURG, MODERN CLOTHES, JEWELLERY, ART AND ARTEFACTS CAN BE PURCHASED. IN THE MARKET THEATRE COMPLEX THERE ARE SHOPPING MALLS. AT PAPATSO IN THE SOUTH WEST TRANSVAAL TWELVE AND A HALF KILOMETRES NORTH OF HAMMANSKRALL IS THE TRIBAL HANDICRAFT CENTRE. IN THE STATE OF NATAL AT RORKES DRIFT THERE IS ALSO A TRIBAL ARTS AND CRAFTS CENTRE SELLING HANDWOVEN ARTICLES, WOODCUTS, SCULPTURE AND POTTERY.
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