Effervescent In Pink

Last month, Eugene invited me along on a tour of the Markets Of Warwick. Warwick Junction is the largest informal market in the country. Comprising seven different markets - including a bead market, clothes, veg, meat, and the herb/'muti' market - it's been around for 100 years as a place for informal traders to sell their products.

Last year, Warwick was under threat from redevelopment and also from a bad reputation it had garnered over the years as a dodgy place. So two major things to emerge from the traders is the Traders Against Crime watch group, and the Markets of Warwick community tourism project.

The project is organized by Asiye eTafuleni, an informal workers' NGO with whom I'll be working on a cardboard recycling project, but the goal is to one day hand the program completely over to the traders.

The day we went, we had a (typical) smattering of international tourists and women from the wealthy parts of town, coming to visit an area of Durban they had never visited before. Needless to say, they thrilled in the 'vibrancy' of the area.

I cannot recommend this program enough. http://www.marketsofwarwick.co.za/

Chicken Ladies
Bead Market
Muti Market
Brook St Market - bought a sweet wrap dress here