Community Market

Community markets like this one anchor neighbourhoods in ways that go beyond transaction. Regulars depend on them for weekly staples at prices that matter, stallholders rely on them for livelihoods, and newcomers to George find them first when learning where to buy what. The market creates a rhythm: Wednesday morning means you see the same faces, kids tag along to collect pocket-money change, and the stall holder remembers you bought spinach last week so saves the best bunches. In George, where the broader economy splits between tourism-focused retail and household survival, community markets keep the city liveable for people not riding the holiday season wave. They're the places where informal traders—seamstresses, vegetable growers, recyclers—can build customer relationships that banks won't recognise but communities rely on.