Stock up on designer goodies at Sandton City, Johannesburg's number-one shopping mall, and luxurious fabrics in the Fordsburg area near Newtown with its cheap Indian shops. Seek out cheaper and better-made African objects at Johannesburg markets like the African Crafts Market in Rosebank. Go shopping for a good bottle of wine in the Ilovo district at Thrupps, Johannesburg's oldest shop.
Browse Rosebank's shops selling books, clothes and music, then take a break from your shopping trip at an outdoor cafe before heading to the nearby markets for African crafts. Try Fordsburg, near Newtown, to explore Johannesburg's shopping choice for oriental spices and fabrics from cheap Indian shops. Kit yourself out with fashion items by local and international designers at Sandton's upmarket shopping malls in Johannesburg.
Start at Johannesburg's 'original flea market', the Market Theatre Flea Market, with lively stalls selling everything you can think of, from clothing to crafts. Keep Johannesburg's most famous market, Rosebank Mall, for a Sunday, when bongo drummers play on the rooftop. You can go shopping any day of the week for souvenir wooden giraffes at the adjacent African Craft Market. Don't miss Oriental Plaza in Fordsburg on your Johannesburg shopping trip for something from the Far East.
Go shopping and you'll be surprised by the variety of goodies for sale in Johannesburg, from original Indian fabrics to African wooden masks, beadwork and international fashion. So come prepared to shop until you drop and remember you can always ship your shopping back home, if you get carried away on your trip to Johannesburg.
