Eyitha Tours

We are a tourism company based in one of the historically most important sites in South Africa: The suburb of Sophiatown in the city of Johannesburg. Sophiatown the unique space in the world, the home of jazz the Chicago of South Africa ,the mother of style ,unity and rainbow.

“It was early in the morning right at 4am 2000 police entered heavy armed and the demolished our homes” – Ma Elizabeth who is victim of the Sophiatown forced removals and she is now back to Sophiatown

• We are doing tours in the whole Johannesburg but our main focus is Sophiatown
• Our aim is the dig hidden treasure of Johannesburg by unveiling the forgotten stories of Sophiatown though tours, poems, dance, music and stories from the victims.
• We start the Story from the beginning people where forcible removed from Sophiatown to the anther townships in Soweto.

Ask Mbali about her other tours available starting from R150

“starting Eyitha tours is the best thing I ever done in my life”- Mbali

Mbali worked for Sophiatown Heritage center as the heritage practitioner, Researcher and the tourist guide for eight years .while she was still a student at museum Africa Mbali and her Team design the award winning exhibition called “fongkong freedoms” She also design a popular exhibition in Sophiatown called “My Sophiatown” she created name for herself when she research and curate an interesting “woman of Sophiatown Exhibition that was on the news.

2018 march we were nominated as one of the best township tourism in Johannesburg.2018 august we were short listed township busness awards conducted by Gep.