Sedgefield, the Garden Route town situated between Knysna and George in the Western Cape is Africa's first Cittaslow or 'Slow Town', its global founding member André Gauché said on Thursday.

Cittaslow, meaning literally "slow city" and inspired by the concept of "slow food", was a world-wide membership organisation promoting quality of life and resisting fast-lane lifestyle, he said.

It originated in Italy in 1999 and represented nearly 100 towns across the world.



Sedgefield is Africa's first 'Slow Town'*-*South Africa - The Good News