Time to change the perspective on township tourism
Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit · 3 June 2026 · 6m
Speaker 1: He's pulling up to your hood and your home to hear your neighborhood story. Speaker 2: It's Lester in your lounge, live on. Speaker 1: We're talking about tourism in our neighbors. They don't often get the attention when it Speaker 1: comes to the tourism brochures. And we don't want to use the word township tourism Speaker 1: because our city is more than just townships. It is real people and one of Speaker 1: them. Bunt Matola is the owner of ABCD Concepts based out of Sight being Kaylie Speaker 1: Trant. Speaker 2: But really appreciate your time. Thanks so much. You're going to be with me for Speaker 2: the for the next When when. Speaker 1: People talk about township tourism, what do you think some of the biggest misconceptions are Speaker 1: around that. Speaker 3: Well, thank you Lesta for having me and mass extend my hand to the team Speaker 3: of Cape Ton Tourism, uh for giving me such an opportunity. It's quite broad and Speaker 3: the way it has always been done. It's the way that alarms a lot of Speaker 3: people, and it's the it begins with the conversation that we're having right now of Speaker 3: people labeling pre pre advantage, pre disadvantage communities as townships, and that puts a stigma, Speaker 3: and one of the biggest misconceptions is about challenges that are faced in the township. Speaker 2: Poverty, crime, So these. Speaker 3: Are some of the things, but by the end of the day, people walks out Speaker 3: out of the township feeling like their whole ky town experience or South African experience
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