Discover the best fairs in Durban this weekend
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A Festival of Fairs
Musgrave Road is the destination for bargain hunters, browsers and shopaholics with both Musgrave Methodist and St Thomas Churches hosting fairs, just a stone's throw apart from each other.
Operating times have been synchronised, with St Thomas opening its doors at 8.30am for early birds and Musgrave Methodist opening its doors at 10.30am in time for morning tea and wrapping up at 2.30pm.
Musgrave Methodist is doing a Christmas in July theme and will be hanging out their tinsel, munching on mince pies and pulling their Christmas crackers while the St Thomas Market will boast fashion, craft stalls, jewelry, books, cakes, sweets, fruit and veg and preserves.
And for those who really want to make a festival of fairs, there is also the regular St Olav Market and the weekly Essenwood Market, both nearby.
Where: Musgrave Methodist and St Thomas Churches in Musgrave.
When: Saturday.
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Director of "God's Work" Michael James with Lucky Dlungwane and Zwelithini Ndadane, who are homeless consultants, actor Thobani Nzuza and Dr Raymond Perrier, director of the Denis Hurley Centre.
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"God's Work"
The feature film, "God's Work", which made its debut at the 2025 Durban International Film Festival, has a free screening at the Denis Hurley Centre.
Inspired whilst filming a documentary about homeless shelters at the Denis Hurley Centre in Durban during the pandemic, "God's Work" doesn't ask for pity; it demands attention.
It confronts viewers with the brutal poetry of life on the margins and the stubborn humanity that persists there.
After the screening, the director and producer will be there will be a chance for people to talk in small groups with the homeless people present and hear their voices directly.
Where: Denis Hurley Centre.
When: Saturday at 1pm.
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