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Ever since I learnt that South Africa is a whole country (at an embarrassing late age because geography in the UK school system misses out a lot) and additionally learnt it’s full of big cats, elephants, rhinos and more I’ve been dying to go. Johannesburg, once home to Nelson Mandela, is South Africa’s biggest city and boasts 8 completely vegan restaurants. 1. Vegan Travel in Johannesburg In this blog post we’re going to look at some of those, we’ll talk about traditional South African foods and recipes that are vegan, we’ll touch on vegan activities to do whilst travelling in Johannesburg and hopefully dispense some useful vegan travel tips! As always, please enjoy, if you have any questions or comments let me know on Instagram and if you feel like it, please share 🙂 2. What to Eat in Johannesburg As a Vegan Unluckily, many of the top foods in Johannesburg are meat centric – like biltong, droewors and boerewors. Luckily, by avoiding these you’re not just not contributing to the anim

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