Magaliesburg Shopping
Magaliesburg is not a shopping mecca but you may need the
basics
- The Post Office on the R24 for postage, faxes and copies.
- Groceries, bakes, liquor and medicines are sold at the SPAR centre, the Shoprite supermarket and a few small shops.
- Chicken Licken, Wimpy and Steers are fast food franchises.
- Gardening and farming necessities are available at OBARO.
- Inexpensive clothing is sold at PEP stores. This is ideal for extra clothing during a touring holiday.
- Competitively priced locally designed and made leather goods as well as branded casual and safari-style shirts are sold at El Paso on the R24.
Decor and antiques
- European antiques are sold at Western Cane on the Koster Road (R509), which also stocks confectionary, cane furniture and cottage decor items.
- The Trading Post on the R24, sell a variety of crystals, decor items, handmade glass, crafts and jewellery.
- The Goods Shed has an eclectic stock of crafts, candles and assorted antiques.
African curios
- The widest selection of African curios is available at Sun Africa on the R24 and en-route to Hartbeespoort Dam
- At the Chameleon Village and Welwitschia Market on the R104 and near Hartebeesport Dam Zoo and Reptile Park. The range of carved wood and soapstone curios covers virtually the whole of Africa.
Some tourist shopping advice: Beaded work and cloths are light to carry in luggage. Airlines are used to transporting carved African giraffes as hand luggage. Wrap them well to avoid damage. Beware of roadside hawkers and curio vendors who charge tourists wildly inflated prices. Haggle about prices and ensure that no money is visible to salespersons, who will match their demands to shoppers accents and visible means. South African Rand is the only legal currency, but hawkers will sometimes trade in illegal foreign currencies and offer poor rates of exchange.
