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Wiclif will take you on one of South Africa's best township tours which will give you an understanding into Apartheid, the lives of the Xhosa people and allow you to experience the real South Africa and explain how Port Elizabeth was at the center of the struggle for Freedom.

Townships are where the majority of South African's live, they are vibrant exciting places, there is a lot of poverty and unemployment and some terrible living conditions, but there have been huge improvements in Township life over the last 10 years.

* The number of three-room houses (Reconstruction and Development Programme, or RDP houses) rose from 900,000 to more than 2-million. One family in five now lives in an RDP house, up from one in 10 a decade ago.
* The number of households reporting they had piped water on site climbed almost 3-million. And 2,3-million more said they had a flush toilet.
* The number of households using electricity for lighting increased by more than 4-million.
* Some 3,5-million more households said they received some kind of social grant, mostly an old-age pension or child-support grant, raising the total receiving grants from about 1,3-million to close to 5-million.

Let us show you what life in a Township is like and how and where the improvements are being made.

Enjoy a beer in a Shebben with some locals.

Our township tours show life as it happens in South African Townships.

The itinerary is flexible and will vary according to the day of the week, the season, current events and can be tailored to meet individual requirements.