24 HOURS IN HOEDSPRUIT

KASSAVA CAFE

For affordable fine dining without the fuss

This is the most exciting eatery in town right now. Cousins Stuart Masube and Tawanda Muzeketwa (opposite) were born in Harare and moved to South Africa in 2009, starting their culinary careers in a Franschhoek scullery and working their way up at some of the most iconic winelands restaurants, including Le Quartier Français. After crossing back over the cassava curtain, they opened the café in April 2021. “Cassava only grows from this region northwards,” Tawanda explains. “We just used the letter ‘K’ because it’s sexier.” While the indigenous root