Where To Buy Yams In South Africa 2024-2025
What is Yams?
Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea that form edible tubers.
Yams are perennial herbaceous vines cultivated for the consumption of their starchy tubers in many temperate and tropical regions, especially in West Africa, South America and the Caribbean, Asia, and Oceania.
Where To Buy Yams In South Africa?
Urban Ethnic Market
Address: Shop 8, 309 Pandering Rd, Blackheart, Ransburg, 2195
Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 7PM
Phone: 011 678 0554
SUPERSPAR Magalies Junction
Address: Rustenburg Rd, Magaliesburg, 1739
Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 7PMUpdated by phone call 2 weeks ago
Phone: 014 577 1161
Joburg Market
Address: 4 Fortune St, City Deep, Johannesburg, 2049
Hours: Closed ⋅ Opens 5AM Tue
Phone: 011 992 8000
Woolworths Palmyra Road
Address: Shop 12, Palmyra Junction, 1 Palmyra Rd, Newlands, Cape Town, 7700
Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 7PM
Phone: 021 657 3710
SUPERSPAR Southern
Address: Webber Rd, Germiston South (Industries E A), Germiston, 1401
Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 9PM
Phone: 011 825 2713
SUPERSPAR The Market Kenilworth
Address: 171 Main St, Kenilworth, Johannesburg South, 2190
Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 9PM
Phone: 011 434 2447
SPAR Lad brand
Address: Joubert St, Ladybrand, 9745
Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 7PM
Phone: 051 924 2561
SUPERSPAR Port St Johns
Address: Bridge St, Port St Johns, 5120
Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 6PMConfirmed by this business 11 weeks ago
Phone: 047 564 8339
SUPERSPAR Fontana The Zone Rosebank
Address: The Zone, 117 Oxford Service Rd, Rosebank, Johannesburg, 2196
Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 8PM
Phone: 010 035 4763
What is yam called in South Africa?
It’s known as ‘Elephant’s Foot’ in English, in isiZulu ‘ingwevu’, meaning grey/old or ‘ifudu’, meaning tortoise; in Sepedi the name is ‘Kgato’ – ‘to stamp’.
In the 1950s, the yam was heavily exploited by the British pharmaceutical firm Boots for the production of cortisone.
How do Africans eat yams?
West African yams are toxic when raw and must be cooked prior to consumption.
The tubers are commonly boiled, sprinkled with palm oil and served with eggs, or they are boiled and mashed into a dough-like paste known as fufu and is served with soups and stews.