Walk the streets of Port Elizabeth’s townships for even the shortest time and you will discover that the reality of life on these vibrate streets is wildly different from what headlines might sometimes suggest.

A local guide will show you the hidden sides of the townships. Both welcoming and diverse in nature, townships remain a part and parcel of urban life in modern South Africa.

Among the rapidly-improving shanty housing you will therefore find the sound of chanting school children, the echoes of men hard at work, and the throbbing beats of music that’s such an integral part of South African culture.