Fordsburg is the heart of Joburg's Indian and Pakistani communities, with vibrant city streets, a weekend night market, spice shops, traditional sweetmeat stores and buzzing street life. Its shopping hub is the Oriental Plaza, which has 360 stores that stock everything from jewellery to household goods, fabrics to haberdashery, contemporary and traditional fashion to the best takeaway samoosas and the famous Indian restaurant Golden Peacock. With plenty of halaal restaurants and takeout places, it’s an area that is busy day and night, especially Friday and Saturday evenings.