Langa

Langa (meaning ‘sun’), Cape Town’s oldest township, was developed during the period 1923 to 1927 to provide housing for blacks forcibly evicted from Ndabeni – an industrial area located next to the Cape Town suburb of Pinelands. Langa is considered the home of South African jazz and is a pan-Africanist stronghold. A guided tour is recommended as the best alternative to visit the area.

HISTORICAL VIEW

Old Station and Cemetery

The old station is located at the end of the Old Cape Flats line, the cemetery the last resting place to many famous South Africans

Langa High School

Built in 1937, this is South Africa’s oldest black high school.

The Old Flats Taxi Rank

It is from here that Philip Kgosana led 30 000 people on the historic march to Caledon Square Police Station in protest against apartheid’s pass laws – 30 April 1960.

ATTRACTIONS

Malusi’s Tavern

A tavern offering live jazz.

The New Flats

Where old meets new. An area characterized by the congestion of formal and informal housing, spaza shops and roadside traders.

Tsoga Nursery

For medicinal herbs and vegetables.

Zations Tavern

Enjoy a beer or, if you’re lucky, catch one the jazz legends performing here regularly.