The San peoples were hunter-gatherers, who mostly depended on foods like tortoises, crayfish, coconuts and
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In the precolonial period, indigenous cuisine was characterised by the use of a very wide range of foods including fruits, nuts, bulbs, leaves and other products gathered from wild plants and by the hunting of … See more

During the pioneering days of the 17th century, new foods such as biltong, droëwors and rusks evolved locally out of necessity.
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Beer has been an important beverage in South Africa for hundreds of years among indigenous people long before colonisation and the arrival of Europeans with their own beer drinking traditions. Traditional beer was brewe… See more

South Africa can be said to have a significant "eating out" culture. While there are some restaurants that specialise in traditional South African dishes or modern interpretations thereof, restaurants featuring other cuisin… See more