Old South Africa

Old schools, towns, taxis, TV shows, shops, brands, newspapers and cultural moments from South Africa's past.

Some television memories stay because they were watched together, quoted at school and folded into ordinary family evenings.

Things of Old Editorial15 June 20265 min read

The spaza shop is a business, a landmark and often a small archive of neighbourhood routine.

Things of Old Editorial13 June 20265 min read

Uniforms hold memory because they were worn daily, photographed often and passed down through stories.

Things of Old Editorial9 June 20264 min read

Before every headline arrived by notification, newspapers gave weekends a slower rhythm and a shared table of stories.

Things of Old Editorial28 June 20265 min read

Taxi ranks are transport systems, but they are also soundscapes, marketplaces and informal noticeboards.

Things of Old Editorial27 June 20265 min read

Small shops are remembered through bread, loose sweets, cold drinks, coins and the walk there after school.

Things of Old Editorial26 June 20264 min read