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South Africa

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South Africa · 194 shops in the atlas.

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• Babylonstoren Simondium (near Franschhoek), South Africa
  Babylonstoren is a 1692 Cape Dutch farm near Franschhoek whose 8-acre, 300-plant garden supplies its own rooibos and honeybush tea, wine, olive oil and produce, served at the Babel restaurant and sold in the farm shop. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Blaauwklippen Wine Estate Stellenbosch / South Africa
  Founded in 1682, Blaauwklippen is a Stellenbosch wine estate, selling its premium wines, potstilled brandy, and craft gins from its Tasting House. The estate pairs wine sales with an on-site art gallery, weekend family market, and De Blaauwe Kitchen restaurant. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Boschendal Franschhoek
  Cape Winelands estate near Franschhoek and Stellenbosch, dating to an 1685 land grant to Huguenot settler Jean le Long. Today a working farm with vineyards, the Herbert Baker-designed Cottage 1685, a farm shop and butchery, and three on-site restaurants. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Neethlingshof Estate Stellenbosch / Online
  Established in 1692 and recognized among South Africa's original 14 Wine of Origin estates, Neethlingshof sells its vegan-friendly wine portfolio through its own dedicated wine shop alongside cellar tours and tastings in Stellenbosch. The estate also runs a Wine Club offering members early access to new releases and order perks. store page → · open in the atlas →

• Africa Nova V&A Waterfront
  Africa Nova curates contemporary African craft and art, from Zulu telephone-wire baskets and beadwork to ceramics, textiles and paintings by named makers. Long run as an independent gallery, it sells collectible pieces that trace the continent's craft traditions into modern design. store page → · open in the atlas →
• AKJP Studio Kloof Street, Gardens / Online
  AKJP Studio is a retailer in Cape Town for south African fashion, jewelry, accessories, fragrance and homeware from many designers. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Anpa Kalk Bay / Online
  Anpa is a Cape Town house for organic hand-finished artisan jewellery, sculptural statement pieces in gold, silver, Tanzanite, African emeralds. Made through the Kalk Bay jewelry workshop. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ashanti Design City Bowl
  Ashanti Design makes lighting, furniture and homeware wrapped in hand-crocheted fabric cord, woven leather and reclaimed materials in bright African-inspired palettes. Pieces are assembled by a Cape Town team, with pendant shades and beanbags among the signatures. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Chandler House Church Street / Online
  Chandler House is Michael Chandler’s shop-gallery in an 18th-century Cape Georgian house on Church Street, bringing together South African art, ceramics, textiles, antiques and homeware. The adjoining Voorkamer Gallery hosts exhibitions by Cape artists, while Chandler’s upstairs studio produces commissioned ceramics, murals and prints. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Charles Greig Jewellers Victoria Wharf, V&A Waterfront
  A family jewellery house trading since 1899, Charles Greig pairs its own designed and manufactured fine jewellery with luxury Swiss timepieces at its Victoria Wharf boutique. Four generations have run the firm, whose bench work sits alongside its watch retailing. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Everard Read Cape Town Portswood Ridge, V&A Waterfront
  The Cape Town branch of Everard Read, a South African commercial gallery, shows contemporary painting and sculpture across a waterfront space and its adjoining CIRCA gallery. Founded in Johannesburg in 1913, the gallery represents established and emerging South African artists. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Haldane City Centre
  Furniture designer Haldane Martin builds colourful, sculptural seating and outdoor pieces, including the wire-and-recycled-plastic Zulu Mama chair that put the studio on the map. The Cape Town showroom presents collections rooted in South African materials and bold colour. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Imiso Ceramics Woodstock
  Founded in 2006 by Andile Dyalvane and Zizipho Poswa, this Woodstock studio-gallery hand-builds and throws vessels marked with Dyalvane's incised scarification patterns drawn from Xhosa tradition. Alongside the sculptural collectible pieces, the shelves hold more everyday bowls, cups and platters made on site. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Kat van Duinen City Centre
  Designer Kat van Duinen runs an atelier producing structured leather handbags and tailored ready-to-wear in fine and exotic skins, including ostrich. Garments and bags are cut and sewn in Cape Town and sold from her boutique alongside seasonal collections. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Merchants on Long Long Street / Online
  Opened in 2010, Merchants on Long is a Cape Town concept store and an international platform for African fashion and design, emerging and established. Every label it stocks is described by the store as ethically made and sourced in Africa. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Mervyn Gers Ceramics Salt River
  Mervyn Gers and his team throw and glaze tableware by hand at a Salt River studio, supplying the plates and bowls used by restaurants across South Africa and abroad. The range mixes speckled clay bodies with dozens of glaze colours, each piece showing the small variations of hand production. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Missibaba Woodstock
  Chloe Townsend's leather label hand-cuts and stitches structured handbags, clutches and belts in bold colours with studded and tasselled detailing at its Woodstock workshop. The bags carry playful names and are made in small runs from full-grain hides. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Monkeybiz Bo-Kaap / Online
  Monkeybiz is a Cape Town house for colourful African beadwork, unique bead art creations made by local township women, community empowerment crafts. Founded in 2000; Hand-beaded in South Africa by women artists. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Mungo Kloof Street / Online
  Mungo is a Cape Town house for handwoven kitchen and table linens, bedding, flat weave towels made at their mill in Plettenberg Bay. Founded in 1998; Designed and woven at the Mungo Mill in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa; Worldwide shipping stated. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Poetry Kloof Street, Cape Town, Online
  Poetry dresses Cape Town in natural fibres and quiet colour — South African womenswear and homeware made for slow wardrobes. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Poetry of Living Sea Point / Online
  Poetry combines clothing with furniture, tableware, lighting and art, so the Sea Point floor reads as a lifestyle store rather than a fashion boutique. Seasonal collections move between wearable pieces and room-scale objects. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Skinny laMinx Cape Town / Online
  Founded in Cape Town in 2008 by designer Heather Moore, Skinny laMinx grew from hand-screenprinted fabric into an international textile and homeware label. In early 2026, Moore stepped back from manufacturing to refocus on studio-based design work. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Southern Guild Silo District, V&A Waterfront
  Southern Guild shows collectible furniture, ceramics and sculpture in a double-volume gallery in the Silo District, rotating through work by Andile Dyalvane, Zizipho Poswa and others. Functional design treated as fine art. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Stellenrust Wine Estate Stellenbosch / South Africa
  Stellenrust has produced wine in Stellenbosch since 1928 and remains one of South Africa's largest family-owned estates, run today by managing partners Kobie van der Westhuizen and Tertius Boshoff. The estate sells its Kleine Rust, Premium, and Curator's Limited Edition ranges through its South African online shop and tasting room. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Streetwires Artist Collective City Centre
  This artist collective bends galvanised wire and threads glass beads into sculptures, lampshades, animals and the beaded radios that made Cape Town wire art famous. Begun as a fair-trade project, it employs and trains artisans who work on the floor of the Shortmarket Street rooms. store page → · open in the atlas →

• Grande Provence Heritage Wine Estate Franschhoek, South Africa
  A three-century estate on Franschhoek's main road pairing its wines with a working art gallery and adjoining shop that show South African painters and ceramicists. Tastings, wine-blending sessions and the fine-dining Oak Restaurant sit within the manor grounds. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Groot Constantia Constantia / South Africa
  Groot Constantia sells its Sauvignon Blanc, Pinotage, Grand Constance dessert wine, and Cape Brandy through an online wine shop with full checkout, alongside a tasting and retail shop on the Constantia estate. The property also runs a museum, gift shop, and two restaurants, Jonkershuis and Simon's, on site. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Heavin Forge Belfast / South Africa
  Heavin Forge — the name a contraction of founders Heather and Kevin Harvey's first names — operates as a bladesmithing studio and school in Belfast, Mpumalanga. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Rooibos Ltd Clanwilliam / South Africa
  Rooibos Ltd has supplied rooibos and related herbal products since 1954, based in Clanwilliam in South Africa's Cederberg region — the only place in the world where rooibos grows commercially, a plant endemic to this specific stretch of Western Cape mountain terrain. store page → · open in the atlas →

• AAFRICAA V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
  The store sits at The Alfred in Cape Town's V&A Waterfront, open daily from 9am to 8pm, and sells contemporary African fashion, homeware and gifts including jewelry, ceramics, basketware and stationery. Its collections carry names such as Zulu Beading, Mud Cloth and Raw Earth Ceramics, and it features work by Monkeybiz beadwork and Imiso Ceramics. store page → · open in the atlas →
• AARD Ceramic Studio Cape Town
  Shaun, a Cape Town-based interior designer turned ceramicist, makes functional ceramic pieces such as Whispering Pine, Unstuck and Nude Awakening. The studio sells the pieces online and also offers pottery classes. store page → · open in the atlas →
• AFRIKOA V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
  AFRIKOA makes bean-to-bar chocolate from heirloom cacao beans sourced directly from African farmer cooperatives, with a factory in Cape Town and a retail pod at Makers Landing, V&A Waterfront. Products include truffles, bonbons, chocolate bars, chocolate-coated nuts and gift sets, and the brand has won a 2-star Great Taste Award plus silver and bronze at the International Taste Awards. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Afrosynth Records Maboneng, Johannesburg
  The site curates and reissues South African bubblegum/disco, kwaito and jazz vinyl under its own Afrosynth Records label, cataloguing music from the 1980s-1990s with a searchable archive by year and artist, and distributes through the Rush Hour Records store. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Aldo Kleyn Leather Designs Thesen Island, Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa
  Aldo Kleyn hand-cuts and stitches exotic-skin handbags, belts and wallets, building on techniques he began developing as a teenager in a small Johannesburg shop before running a store in New York. His Thesen Island flagship, opened in 2010, is known for reworking crocodile leather into wearable designs rather than traditional accessories alone. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Anatomy Design 7 Hudson Street, De Waterkant, Cape Town, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
  Founded Johannesburg 2010 by Megan Hesse and Andrea Kleinloog; Lab Light named Most Beautiful Object in South Africa at Design Indaba 2010 (official about, corroborated by Cape Town Furniture Week: locally manufactured furniture since 2010). store page → · open in the atlas →
• Anthonij Rupert Wyne (L'Ormarins) Franschhoek, South Africa
  The Rupert family's L'Ormarins estate on the R45 pours across several labels, from Anthonij Rupert and Cape of Good Hope to L'Ormarins and Protea, in two tasting rooms plus a Terra del Capo antipasti bar. Wine-club members gain entry to the estate's classic motor museum. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Art@Africa V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
  Art@Africa is a gallery on the 1st Floor of the Clocktower Centre, Silo District, V&A Waterfront, selling paintings, drawings, sculptures, collectable prints, functional art and art books from artists including Barney Bernardo, David Griessel and Kara Schoeman. It also curates art at two wine estates in addition to the waterfront gallery. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Artland Diep River, Cape Town
  Artland is an art supplies shop at Unit 7, Prime Park, 15 Mocke Road, Diep River, identifiable by a "Big Red Giraffe" landmark. It stocks acrylic, oil, watercolour, gouache and chalk paints along with brushes, canvas, paper and inks, and offers framing and fine-art printing services. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Artsauce Cape Town
  Artsauce is a Western Cape art supplies retailer at 62 Roeland Street that was started at the end of the last century and supplies materials for painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing. It also fulfills bulk orders for art rooms from pre-school through university level and delivers art kits across the Western Cape. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ash & Mill Cape Town
  Ash & Mill makes cold-processed bar soaps, body butters, liquid castile soaps and face oils described as "100% plant-based, 100% biodegradable," made in Cape Town at 1st Floor, Albert Hall, 208 Albert Rd, Woodstock. The range also includes soy wax candles, bath salts and shaving products. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Bantu Records Johannesburg
  Bantu Records is an independent Black-owned vinyl store in Johannesburg specializing in jazz, hip hop/R&B, soul/funk/disco, house/electronic and Afrobeat, with dedicated pages for artists including Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba and Kippie Moeketsi. It also sells branded merchandise such as t-shirts and caps. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Baraka De Waterkant, Cape Town
  Located at Shop 34-35, Level 0, Cape Quarter Lifestyle Village, 27 Somerset Rd, Green Point, Cape Town, the store sells handcrafted home and decor items including cushions, kitchenware, wire baskets, ceramics and lamps, plus accessories such as hats, kikoys, belts and jewelry, art prints and leather journals. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Bark and Mill Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa
  This label makes leather and canvas travel bags, backpacks, briefcases and duffels by hand in Knysna, aiming for pieces built to be used for decades rather than replaced. The range covers men's and women's carry goods, with construction and material choices geared toward long service life over trend-driven turnover. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Bean There Coffee Company Milpark, Johannesburg
  The roaster that describes itself as South Africa's first Fairtrade-certified coffee roaster, founded in 2005. Bean There buys direct from small-scale farmers across seven African countries, roasting single-origin lots at its Johannesburg flagship. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Bofred Cape Town
  The showroom at 99 Harrington Street, East City, Cape Town designs and manufactures furniture, lighting, mirrors, and mohair rugs and blankets, handmade in Cape Town. Its current CICADA collection uses cast aluminum, steel and metal alloys, and pieces such as the Bahla Chair and Sun Singer Chair incorporate beaten brass, beaten aluminium and hand-rolled copper. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Brettland Poulsen Durban
  Brettland Poulsen is a Durban goldsmith formed when Brettlands, established in 1986, merged in 2017 with the long-running Poulsen jewellery house started decades earlier by Otto Poulsen. The workshop makes handmade custom pieces and heirloom commissions to order. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Brookdale Estate Paarl / South Africa
  Brookdale Estate in Paarl's Klein Drakenstein makes boutique wines from lesser-known varietals under its Brookdale and Mason Road ranges. Bottles are sold from its online cellar-to-door shop and poured at the estate's tasting room. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Cape Cobra Leathercraft Woodstock, Cape Town
  Cape Cobra makes exotic leather handbags from ostrich, ostrich leg and crocodile leather, including clutches, crossbody bags, top handles and totes, at its boutique at 43 Bree Street, 1st Floor, Cape Town City Centre. It also produces a men's collection of bags, accessories and wallets. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Carole Nevin Muizenberg, Cape Town
  The studio at 30 Eastlake Drive, Marina da Gama, Muizenberg, Cape Town produces hand-painted table linen, cushions and fabric by the metre in collections such as Fynbos Garden and Guinea Fowl, designed by founder Carole Nevin. The business employs artisans on site and ships internationally. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Caroline's Fine Wine Cellar 152 Main Road, Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
  Getaway: Cape Town purveyor of fine wine to the cognoscenti since 1997, with current shops in Sea Point and Tokai. Cape Town ETC (22 Nov 2021) called it the city's legendary specialist cellar after more than two decades in the CBD. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Cedar Coffee Roasters Cape Town
  Cedar Coffee Roasters, run by "two simple guys from Cape Town," roasts coffee beans sourced from Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya and Costa Rica and sells decaf, seasonal blends and compostable coffee pods from a unit at Side Street Studios, 48 Albert Road, Woodstock. It also sells brewing equipment such as drippers, French presses, grinders and scales. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Chapel Woodstock
  Caleb Pedersen's label Chapel hand-makes leather and waxed-canvas backpacks, duffels and wallets built for hard wear and long life. Bags are cut and stitched in Cape Town and sold through the brand's own studio and online store. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Chohans Spice Durban
  Chohans is a Durban spice house and grocer stocking whole and ground spices, curry blends and masalas alongside lentils, rice, oils and everyday pantry goods. The family business blends and packs its own range and ships nationwide from its KwaZulu-Natal base. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Clarke's Bookshop 199 Long Street, Cape Town 8001, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
  Long Street's independent bookshop in Cape Town - books, magazines and paper goods. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Clay Corner Cape Town
  Clay Corner sells clay, glazes and tools at 194 Victoria Rd, Woodstock, stocking stoneware, earthenware and porcelain clay by the bag or pallet along with Cone 6 and Cone 10 glazes. It also runs the Clay Circle studio, a five-bay shared space with three kilns on site offering monthly session packages. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Clayheart Milnerton, Cape Town
  Clayheart is a porcelain ceramics studio based in Milnerton Business Park, Cape Town, making made-to-order homeware, decor and jewelry by hand and taking custom designs. It also offers pottery classes for adults and kids, workshops, and studio rental for independent artists. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Clementina Ceramics 501 Tollgate Industrial Centre, 12 Ravenscraig Road, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
  Production studio established 1989 by Clementina van der Walt and Albie Bailey; van der Walt has worked full-time in ceramics since 1988 (Design Indaba; House and Garden SA). store page → · open in the atlas →
• Coffee Guy Roasters South Peninsula, Cape Town
  Coffee Guy Roasters operates a roastery in Fish Eagle Park, Kommetjie, in Cape Town's South Peninsula and a flagship coffee shop at Noordhoek Garden Emporium on Noordhoek Main Road. It sells freshly roasted Arabica beans plus croissants and breakfast rolls, with free delivery around Cape Town on orders over R500. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Colmant Cap Classique & Champagne Franschhoek, South Africa
  A small Franschhoek house devoted to methode traditionnelle, Colmant makes only Cap Classique and imports a short list of Champagnes chosen by the family. Bottles ship free anywhere in South Africa, and visitors are welcomed to the farm for tastings. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Colombo Coffee & Tea Durban North, Durban
  Trading as Durban's Coffee Company, Colombo Coffee and Tea roasts specialty single-origin and blended beans from Africa and the Americas at its Durban North cafe, alongside cafe equipment, training programs and wholesale supply for other Durban businesses. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Convoy Melville, Johannesburg
  The shop at The Bamboo Centre, Johannesburg is a collaborative retail space shared between about 21 independent South African designers, selling women's clothing and jewelry from brands including Athena A, BMC Fine Jewellery, Campbell Armoury and Isabel de Villiers. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Craft Concept Mayville, Durban
  Craft Concept's Instagram bio reads "Fabric heaven, but make it addictive," listing DIY, fashion, upholstery and decor, and is based in Durban. Its page highlights cover dress fabric, wool and needles, trims and motifs, buttons, and upholstery jobs. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Crystal Birch 115C Harrington Street, Gardens, Cape Town 8001, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
  The Harrington Street shop shares space with the working Hat Factory, so ready-to-wear headwear sits close to production. Visitors can try the range in person, including felt berets and sun-focused raffia shapes. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Darling Wine Route Darling
  Darling Wine Route is a wine region north of Cape Town with boutique cellars and the annual wildflower show. At Darling, the range centers on boutique wine cellars and the annual wildflower show north of Cape Town. store page → · open in the atlas →
• David Krut Bookstore Parkwood, Johannesburg
  Located at 151 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg, the store is described as a specialist arts bookstore, skills-sharing hub and community of creatives, selling books on art, architecture, design, photography and South African titles, and also offers framing services. store page → · open in the atlas →
• David Tlale Johannesburg, South Africa
  David Tlale built his couture reputation from Johannesburg with runway-scale showpieces before translating that eye into ready-to-wear dresses, coats and tailoring sold directly through his own shop. Collections such as the Bhabha line carry the same structured silhouettes that made his catwalk work internationally known. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Dear Rae 164 Bree Street, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town 8000, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
  The Cape Town studio makes jewellery and sells from its Bree Street studio-shop. Production is associated with South Africa, while the range centers on locally authored jewelry with disclosed technique. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Design Afrika 42 Roodebloem Road, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
  House and Garden SA (23 Oct 2022): founding mission to revitalise African basket weaving; 'We have been doing this for 27 years' (implies mid-1990s). Official About: established 1995 by Binky Newman from Hambukushu baskets after five years in the Okavango. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Diomande Shoes Long Street, Cape Town
  Diomande Shoes was established in Cape Town in 1998 by Diomande Memdou, who discovered his passion for shoemaking at age 12, and the shop is located at 71 Roeland Street. It makes handmade custom shoes and accessories from calf leather, buffalo leather, cowhide, crocodile and ostrich skins, including sneakers, boots and dress shoes. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Eagles' Nest Constantia
  A Constantia farm carved from the 1685 Simon van der Stel land grant, worked as an orchard until the Mylrea family bought it in 1984; after a 2000 fire destroyed 95% of the property, they replanted it as a vineyard, with a first Shiraz-Merlot-Viognier harvest in 2005. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Earth Africa Durban
  Earth Africa is a Durban wholesale supplier of Zulu beadwork and telephone-wire baskets, sourcing from craft projects across KwaZulu-Natal and further into Zimbabwe, Zambia and Kenya. The range runs from beaded jewellery, bangles and lanyards to Madiba shirts and woven planters, sold in bulk rather than as single retail pieces. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Enmasse Tea Merchants Cape Town
  Enmasse Tea Merchants was founded in 2011 in Cape Town with the aim of elevating the art of daily tea drinking, sourcing products locally where feasible. It sells loose leaf teas grouped into Everyday, Health and Exotic ranges, along with tea accessories and tea chocolate. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Espresso Lab Microroasters Old Biscuit Mill, Woodstock, Cape Town
  Espresso Lab has roasted small-batch coffee at Woodstock's Old Biscuit Mill since 2009, serving precise espresso, filter coffee, latte art and coffee cocktails from the same Cape Town spot. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Fairview Wine and Cheese Paarl
  A Paarl wine and cheese estate dating to 1693 and restored by the Back family from 1937, Fairview is known for the 1981 goat tower Charles Back built after seeing one in Portugal, alongside wine and cheese tastings and an on-site restaurant. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Famke Jewellery 13 Park Road, Gardens, Cape Town 8001, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
  The Cape Town studio says its jewellery is handmade in the city and publishes one Gardens shop-studio. store page → · open in the atlas →
• For The Record Orphan Street, Cape Town
  For The Record is a vinyl record store now located at 11 Orphan Street, Cape Town, selling new and used records organized by genre including African, Jazz/Blues and Electronic. It also runs a used-vinyl buying service and takes custom orders. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Goldsmiths Knysna Thesen Island, Knysna
  Goldsmiths Knysna, founded in 2007 by owner and goldsmith Darryl van der Velde, is a manufacturing jeweller at TH18, Thesen Harbour Town, Long Street, Knysna, making bespoke engagement rings, heirloom jewellery and statement pieces in gold and platinum. It uses a certified CAD specialist and jewellery design software to draw designs to scale before handcrafting them. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Hannah Lavery Parkhurst, Johannesburg
  Based in Cape Town, the brand sells dresses, tops, bottoms, knitwear, swimwear, bags and jewelry plus a menswear line, made from natural fibres in neutral tones, with current collections named "The Red Hour" and "The Compass Collection." store page → · open in the atlas →
• Haute Cabriere Franschhoek, South Africa
  Founded by the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay specialist Achim von Arnim, Haute Cabriere is known for its Pierre Jourdan Cap Classique, sabred at cellar tastings dug into the Franschhoek mountainside. The terrace restaurant matches each course to a wine from the range. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Hemelhuijs Cape Town
  Located at 71 Waterkant Street, Cape Town, Hemelhuijs operates as a restaurant with a deli and retail shop, open Monday-Friday 9am-4pm and Saturday 9am-3pm, and also hosts events and takes reservations. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Hidden Valley Wines Stellenbosch / South Africa
  Hidden Valley Wines produces handcrafted Sauvignon Blanc, Cap Classique sparkling wines, and reds on the slopes of the Helderberg Mountain near Stellenbosch, selling bottles through its full online shop with free delivery on larger orders. Tastings continue by appointment while its Wine Tasting Centre undergoes renovation, alongside its on-site restaurant and deck. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Holden Manz Wine Estate Franschhoek, South Africa
  This riverside Franschhoek farm makes Cabernet Sauvignon, Chenin Blanc and Syrah, including the Big G and Visionaire blends, poured at guided tastings and riverside picnics. An art-filled country house and spa share the grounds. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Honest Chocolate 64A Wale Street, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town 8001, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
  Chocolate made in the house on Wale Street, with the cacao sourcing accounted for. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Huguenot Fine Chocolates Franschhoek, South Africa
  Belgian-trained chocolatiers Danver Windvogel and Denver Adonis hand-make truffles, slabs and ganaches, including a white-wine filling, at this shop on Franschhoek's main street. A bookable open-kitchen chocolate experience runs tastings and live demonstrations. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ilonka Jewellers Cape Town
  Ilonka Jewellers is a Cape Town manufacturing goldsmith studio owned by goldsmith Ilonka Doyle, who blends age-old goldsmithing techniques with modern technology. The studio makes custom jewellery and engagement rings using diamonds and precious and semi-precious stones, and also offers sizing, repairs and valuations. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Indoni Fashion House Glenwood, Durban
  Indoni Fashion House debuted at the Durban Fashion Fair in 2014 and designs and manufactures its own clothing collections. The label supplies boutiques around Durban and is stocked at The Fifth in Glenwood. store page → · open in the atlas →
• iThemba Craft Art Gallery Market Street, Stellenbosch
  iThemba Crafts was started in 2013 by Anna Kruger, a former Home Economics teacher with 15 years in tourism retail, and is now located at 1 Noordwal-Wes Rd, Stellenbosch Central. It sells high-quality, locally produced fine craft-art including paintings, ceramics, beadwork and wire work, and features artisans such as Nomfundo and Bukelua, embroiderers from the Eastern Cape. store page → · open in the atlas →
• JAMAA Sandton City, Johannesburg
  The Instagram profile for JAMAA lists retail locations at Artcaffé Market on Rhapta Road and at Village Market, both in Nairobi. Its story highlights feature brands including SHEKUDO, mille collines, Crystal Birch, BeachCult and Adele Dejak. store page → · open in the atlas →
• James Mudge Furniture Studio 1 Calcutta Street, Paarden Eiland, Cape Town, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
  VISI visited the Paarden Eiland factory and showroom and dates the studio to nearly two decades of handmade solid-wood furniture. Inside Guide: since 2006; traditional cabinet-making in sustainable hardwoods; showroom attached to the factory. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Jayshrees / Rivaz Springfield, Durban
  Trading for more than 70 years, Jayshrees (Rivaz) sells sarees, kurtis, dhoti and palazzo sets and Indian and fusion wear for men, women and children. The family retailer runs three Durban stores, in Springfield, Cornubia and Chatsworth, alongside its online shop. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Jenna Clifford Johannesburg, South Africa
  Jenna Clifford has designed bespoke jewellery from Johannesburg since 1992, staying a family-run operation that deliberately limits output rather than scaling into mass production. Beyond custom commissions, the studio also remodels inherited pieces into new designs, keeping old stones and sentiment in circulation. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Jordan Wine Estate Stellenbosch
  Jordan Wine Estate is a wine estate with a restaurant, bakery, wine tastings and views of the Stellenbosch mountains. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Kalk Bay Books 62 Main Road, Kalk Bay, Cape Town 7975, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
  Kalk Bay Books continues to host author conversations and launches at its Main Road shop. The events calendar gives the small peninsula bookseller a cultural role beyond shelving new fiction and nonfiction. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Kathrin Kidger Designs Durban
  Kathrin Kidger Designs is a family-run Durban ladieswear label producing dresses, jumpsuits, kimonos and leisurewear that are designed and made in South Africa. The collections lean toward fashion-forward, flattering pieces with an emphasis on print and finish. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Kilnhouse Design Studio Johannesburg, South Africa
  Nicola Smith throws and glazes Kilnhouse's tableware in Johannesburg, working three signature ranges — Spilled Milk, Lines in Sand and Speckle — defined by contrasting raw and glazed clay surfaces. Mugs, carafes and platters are hand-finished individually, with custom and sculptural commissions taken alongside the standing collections. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Kirstenbosch Bookshop Cape town / South Africa
  The Botanical Society Bookshop at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden's Visitors' Centre sells books on flora, gardens, fauna, and natural history, plus children's titles, stationery, and gift cards, open daily from 9am to 6pm. A smaller satellite shop at the Centre for Home Gardening (Gate 2) carries the same range, and Botanical Society members get a 10% discount at both. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Klein Constantia Constantia / South Africa
  Klein Constantia sells its wines, including the signature sweet Vin de Constance, through its online shop and tasting room on its estate in Cape Town’s Constantia Valley. The tasting room offers direct estate buying and wine visits, while the on-site bistro adds seasonal lunch service to the same historic wine destination. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Kleipots Cape Town
  Kleipots is a ceramic studio run by Amelia Jacobs, with over 30 years' experience, at her home on the lower slopes of Devil's Peak in Cape Town. She makes ollas, translucent porcelain fired with indigenous Fynbos plants, and raku-fired planters and bowls, firing porcelain at temperatures up to 1,200 degrees Centigrade, and teaches weekly wheel-throwing and raku classes. store page → · open in the atlas →
• KLuK CGDT Bree Street, Cape Town
  The South African luxury boutique sells apparel including coats, dresses, jackets, jumpsuits, pants and shirts, and offers Bridal & Bespoke services. Its news section references "Malcolm And Christiaan" and the brand also publishes a "Magalogue." store page → · open in the atlas →
• Knysna Fine Art Thesen House, Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa
  This gallery occupies Thesen House, the former premises of a timber merchant and ships' chandlery in downtown Knysna, and mounts rotating exhibitions of contemporary South African art. It represents an ongoing roster of artists and is regarded as one of the country's larger galleries with an international following. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Knysna Woodworkers Knysna Industrial, Western Cape, South Africa
  Johan Nel's workshop on Waenhout Avenue has built custom solid-wood tables, cabinets, staircases and kitchens for over 40 years, alongside decorative woodcraft pieces such as replica hobbit doors. Commissions have included rustic furniture for the Featherbed restaurant and a presentation box for the Miss Universe 2017 national gift. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Kopi Botol Woodstock
  Kopi Botol is an Indonesian-style coffee shop with traditional brewing methods and a unique menu. At Woodstock, the range centers on Indonesian-style coffee shop with traditional brewing methods and a unique menu. store page → · open in the atlas →
• KWV Paarl / South Africa
  Founded in Paarl in 1918, KWV produces wines, brandies, and spirits across brands like Roodeberg, Cathedral Cellar, and its namesake brandy. Its range is sold through an online shop and at the KWV Emporium in Paarl, which also hosts tastings. store page → · open in the atlas →
• KZNSA Gallery Glenwood, Durban
  The KwaZulu-Natal Society of Arts runs a not-for-profit gallery at 166 Bulwer Road in Glenwood, with three exhibition spaces, a cafe and a craft shop. Its shop and online store carry work by regional artists and makers alongside a changing programme of contemporary exhibitions and workshops. store page → · open in the atlas →
• La Motte Wine Estate Franschhoek, South Africa
  This historic Franschhoek estate pours award-winning Sauvignon Blanc, Cap Classique and Shiraz in its old cellar, alongside a working bakery, the JAN Franschhoek dining room and a farm shop of estate produce. A sculpture walk and hiking trails through the valley round out a visit that leans as much on art and food as on wine. store page → · open in the atlas →
• La Petite Ferme Franschhoek, South Africa
  Perched above the Franschhoek valley, this family estate makes its own wines and serves them in a long-running restaurant known for its views and seasonal cooking. Boutique suites and a tasting room complete the working farm. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Landskroon Wines Paarl / South Africa
  Landskroon is a fifth-generation De Villiers family wine estate on the slopes of Paarl Mountain, known for its red and white wines, Blanc de Noir, and Cape Vintage port. Visitors buy and taste at the estate's cellar door, paired with cheese platters and vineyard views. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Lembu Gallery Harbour Road, Hermanus
  Lembu Gallery, run by resident artist Edward Bredenkamp, sells fine South African art and craft including original works, prints, masks, figurines, sculpture and ceramics at Shop 10, Warrington Place, Harbour Road, Hermanus. It takes part in the town's First Fridays ArtWalk, staying open until 8pm on the first Friday of each month. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Leopard's Leap Family Vineyards Franschhoek, South Africa
  A family winery on Franschhoek's main road with a sociable tasting hall, a seasonal lunch restaurant and a range running from the Culinaria pairing wines to de-alcoholised Natura bottlings. A gift shop and a children's pump track make it a family stop. store page → · open in the atlas →
• LIM 86 Kloof Street, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
  Founded March 1997 by Pauline Mutlow; furniture handcrafted in the Western Cape (What's On in Cape Town). store page → · open in the atlas →
• Local Works Stellenbosch
  Established in 2003 by Ina-Marie in Stellenbosch's historical centre, the store sells handpicked art and craft including work by recognised artists Strijdom van der Merwe, Vernon Swart, Vicki Thomas and Margo de Kock alongside pieces by local artisans. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Mabu Vinyl First Floor, 285 Upper Long Street, Gardens, Cape Town 8001, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
  Cape Town ETC (22 Jun 2025) visited Jacques Vosloo at 285 Long Street and treats the shop as 25 years in Cape Town and one of South Africa's iconic record stores. Cape Town Magazine (updated 12 Feb 2024) independently gives First Floor, 285 Upper Long Street and the Searching for Sugar Man appearance. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Mantsho Johannesburg / South Africa / Online
  South African womenswear brand — bold African prints, contemporary silhouettes, and founder Palesa Mokubung's visionary design. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Mark Whitehorn Goldsmith Johannesburg, South Africa
  Mark Whitehorn has run his Johannesburg goldsmith studio since 1988, building repeat clientele on bespoke rings, bangles and signature pieces like the Mini Daisy necklace. The workshop still handles one-off and custom orders alongside its standing collections. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Moonbasket Woodstock, Cape Town
  Moonbasket studio is located at The Palms Centre, Second Floor, 145 Sir Lowry Rd, Woodstock, 7925. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Moooshoes Cape Town
  Moooshoes is a Cape Town brand making premium handcrafted leather goods including men's shoes, kids' hiking boots and bags, with product lines such as the Linnie, SNUGG Boot and Tekkie Vellie priced between R550 and R1,500. The page states all products are hand crafted from beginning to end. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Moreson Franschhoek, South Africa
  Moreson's cellar is built around Cap Classique, led by the playful Miss Molly sparkling range in Brut, rose and Blanc de Blancs. Wine is sold direct in six- and twelve-bottle cases, with a share of sales going to the South African Guide Dog Association. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Mr Vinyl Johannesburg
  Mr Vinyl, operating since at least 2013 at S14, 44 Stanley Ave, Johannesburg, sells new and pre-owned vinyl records across genres from rock to jazz along with turntables, amplifiers, speakers and cartridges. It also offers record grading, a professional vinyl flattening service, and buys customers' records. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Mungo and Jemima V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
  The store at Shop 2, the new Alfred Mall, Victoria & Alfred Hotel, Dock Road, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town is open 10am-7pm seven days a week and sells dresses, tops, bottoms, jumpsuits and jackets/knitwear along with bags, jewelry, hair accessories, sunglasses and footwear. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Norval Foundation Shop Cape town / South Africa
  At the Norval Foundation in Tokai, Cape Town, the shop sells locally designed books, exhibition posters, and artist-inspired objects such as William Kentridge-referencing beadwork, with about 80% of merchandise made in South Africa. It also runs an Artist Edition Programme selling original and limited-edition prints and sculptures in-store, with proceeds supporting the Foundation's exhibitions. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Okapi Cape Town / Franschhoek
  Cape Town luxury leather house founded 2008 by Hanneli Rupert — ostrich and blesbok hides as by-products of existing free-range farming, springbok-horn hardware, fourth-generation craftsmen, every element made and traceable in South Africa. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Old House Shop Plettenberg Bay / South Africa
  Built in 1910 as the first house in Plettenberg Bay, this Kloof Street cottage under century-old oak trees has been curated by Suzie Ovenstone for three decades into a shop packed with hand-crafted homeware and clothing gathered from Zanzibar, Lamu, Mauritius, Madagascar, Mozambique and Kenya. Every piece carries a story from the artisan families behind it, making a stop here as much about the maker's tale as the find itself. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Origin Coffee Roasting Cape Town / Online
  Founded in 2005 by Joel Singer, Origin was among Cape Town's first specialty roasters. Its barista academy has since trained 3,500 baristas and five national champions. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Pan African Market Greenmarket Square, Cape Town
  The Pan African Market says it celebrates 21 years of sharing art, food, fashion and home decor from across the African continent, all under one roof. It is based in Cape Town. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Pedersen + Lennard 24 Napier Street, De Waterkant, Cape Town, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
  Founded 2008 in Cape Town by industrial designers Luke Pedersen and James Lennard; all pieces designed and manufactured under one roof in Cape Town (Dwell; Startup Mag 2024). store page → · open in the atlas →
• PICHULIK Shop 6202, Upstairs, V&A Waterfront, 19 Dock Road, Cape Town 8001, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
  The Cape Town house makes sculptural jewellery and maintains a named V&A retail door. Production is associated with South Africa, while the range centers on locally authored jewelry with disclosed technique. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Pretoria Kunskamer Art Gallery Groenkloof, Pretoria
  Directed by Alette Wessels and formerly known as Alette Wessels Kunskamer, the gallery at Forbes Reef House, 29 Forbes Reef Street, Waterkloof Heights, Pretoria sells South African paintings and sculpture by artists including Alexis Preller, J.H. Pierneef and Anton Smit, and offers framing services. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Pride of Durban Durban
  Started as a home business in 1992, Pride of Durban blends curry powders, masalas, seasonings and its well-known ready-made breyani rice. Recipes are handed down through the family and cover chicken, mutton and fish masalas as well as dry rubs for grilling and roasting. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Prins & Prins Diamonds City Centre
  Trading since the early 1980s from the heritage Huguenot House on Loop Street, this family diamond house cuts and sets stones on the premises and keeps a deep case of antique and estate jewellery. Bench jewellers work in view, remodelling heirlooms and making engagement rings to order. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Pure South Hermanus
  Pure South, at Shop 5, 155 Main Road, Hermanus, features the art, ceramics and fine crafts of talented artists from around South Africa across categories including ceramics, craft, jewellery and paintings. It stays open until 8pm on the first Friday of each month from September to May. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Purr Cape Town
  Purr is an online boutique at Ground Floor, Lifestyle on Kloof, 50 Kloof Street, Gardens, Cape Town, described as showcasing a curated selection of local and international fashion brands including A Bird Named Frank, Beach Cult and Pichulik. It sells clothing, footwear and accessories such as scarves, jewelry and bags. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Quagga Rare Books & Art Kalk Bay, Cape Town
  Founded in 1990 and still family-owned, the shop at 64 Main Rd, Kalk Bay sells rare and antiquarian books, art and collectibles covering Africana, natural history, biography, art and architecture, travel and modern first editions, along with maps, prints and ephemera. It also performs valuations and buys consignments. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Rare Gallery Cape Town
  The Instagram bio describes it as a "Creative Collective & popup venue" at 6 Watson Street, Cape Town, combining an art gallery, luxury streetwear retail and a lounge, and it hosts "First Thursday" events. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Red Bridge Brewing Co. Knysna Industria, Western Cape, South Africa
  This Noble Street microbrewery cans small batches of pale ale, golden ale, lager and IPA by hand, using minimal filtration so the yeast stays in for body and flavour. It takes its name from Knysna's century-old Red Bridge and runs a taproom and beer garden alongside the production floor under ownership that took over the 2013-founded brewery in 2019. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Rickety Bridge Winery Franschhoek, South Africa
  A restored estate on the R45 producing the Foundation Stone and Rickety Bridge ranges, with tastings in a modern cellar door and a French-leaning bistro. Vineyard tours, blending experiences and a wine club anchor the visit. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Roastin' Records Cape Town
  Roastin' Records stocks vinyl records across decades and genres, from hard to find pressings to contemporary releases. The shop also sells CDs, cassettes, Pro-Ject turntables, accessories and books, both online and in-store. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Rose Korber Art Camps Bay, Cape Town
  Run by Rose Korber from a gallery attached to her home at 48 Sedgemoor Road, Camps Bay, Cape Town, the business sells paintings, mixed media works, limited-edition prints, photography, sculpture, ceramics, Rorkesdrift tapestries and beadwork by artists including Sam Nhlengethwa, William Kentridge and Deborah Bell. It also arranges packing, insuring and airfreighting of works worldwide. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Rosebank Art & Craft Market Johannesburg
  Rosebank Art & Craft Market, at 50 Cradock Ave, Rosebank, Johannesburg, describes itself as probably Johannesburg's largest and most well-known craft market, selling beadwork, jewelry, leather goods, textiles, baskets and woven goods from traders across multiple African countries. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Rosetta Roastery Woodstock
  Single-origin coffee roaster founded in 2010 in Cape Town's Woodstock district by Rob Cowles, Jono le Feuvre and Jeffrey van Aswegen; roasts only traceable single-origin lots from Africa, Central/South America and Asia, no blends. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sealand Experience Store De Waterkant, Cape Town
  The company sells handmade, upcycled eco outdoor bags and accessories including backpacks, crossbody bags and duffel bags, crafted from waste and responsibly sourced materials; it states it has upcycled 116,685 kilograms of waste to date. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Second Time Around Long Street, Cape Town
  Originally a Long Street, Cape Town shop and now an online business, Second Time Around has operated for approximately 45 years selling vintage and vintage-inspired dresses, blouses, skirts, bags, shoes and scarves. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Secondhand Rose Claremont, Cape Town
  Secondhand Rose, established in 1971, describes itself as the longest and oldest running second-hand ladies clothing shop in Cape Town. The shop at Shop 8, Grove on the Square, Warwick Street, Claremont, sells vintage clothing spanning the pre-1990s era alongside brands such as Country Road, Ferragamo, Fendi, Chanel, Gucci and Burberry. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Select Books 56 Surrey Street, Harfield Village, Cape Town 7708, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
  Official site (visited 2026-08-25) still trades out-of-print Africana and sport books from Harfield Village and prints '1986–2026 / Yes, 40 years of Select Books'; founder member of SABDA. AntiquarianAuctions.com seller page: established on Long Street in 1986; relocated to Harfield Village in 2018; still issues Africana catalogues. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Serenity Co. Tokai, Cape Town
  Serenity Co. is a natural perfume and botanical body care brand based in Tokai, Cape Town, founded by Sarah Spolander, who learned plant-based perfumery, essential oils, tinctures and resins. It offers four scent collections - Wild Fynbos, Petals & Light, SeaScape and Stone Pine - made with essential oils, tinctures and resins. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sitting Pretty Gardens, Cape Town
  The ethical womenswear brand sells dresses, tops, bottoms, jumpsuits, outerwear, knitwear, leather accessories and footwear from stores at Gardens Centre and the Watershed in Cape Town and a store in Stellenbosch, emphasizing natural fabrics and contributing "1% for good." store page → · open in the atlas →
• SMAC Gallery South Africa
  Founded in Cape Town in 2011, SMAC Gallery represents contemporary African artists and exhibits at international fairs including Art Basel and The Armory Show, with gallery spaces on Church Street in Cape Town CBD and at the De Wet Centre in Stellenbosch. Available works can be viewed and inquired about directly or browsed through the gallery's partner page on Artsy. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Soweto Book Cafe Soweto, Johannesburg
  Soweto Book Café's Instagram bio describes it as a bookshop, library, hub and information centre that also runs a book club and hosts book launch events. It also describes itself there as a tourist attraction. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Spier Wine Farm Stellenbosch / South Africa
  Within one of Spier's oldest Werf buildings, the Cowshed Shop sells handcrafted homeware, farm produce, and Spier wines alongside an apothecary line of teas, tinctures, and skincare made from ingredients grown or harvested on the farm. The shop is open daily from 9am to 5pm at the Stellenbosch estate, where wine has been made since 1692. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Stefan's Jewellery and Gems Strand Street, Cape Town
  Stefan's Jewellery and Gems, owned by Stefan Nowotny with two decades of experience, is located at Unit 709, 47 On Strand, Strand Street, Cape Town, and operates by appointment only. It handmakes rings including solitaire, trilogy and eternity styles, and sells loose diamonds and gemstones such as tanzanite. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Studio Loubser Risidale, Johannesburg
  Studio Loubser traces back to 1992 as Liz Loubser Designer Jewellers, merging into its current form in 2017 while staying in Risidale and working in gold, silver, platinum and found objects. The studio takes clients through full bespoke commissions — engagement rings, brooches, one-off pieces — and runs its own jewellery-making classes. store page → · open in the atlas →

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