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Where To Buy Yams In South Africa 2024-2025

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?

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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.