The Market Theatre Complex is the centre of the Newtown Cultural Precinct that includes the SAB World of Beer, the Workers’ Museum and Library, and MuseuMAfricA. A great effort has been made to make Newtown a safe place to visit.

Originally an Indian fruit market, it now houses three theatres, two art galleries, restaurants, cafes and shops. Each Saturday morning, flea-market traders gather on the square outside to sell all kinds of curios.

Opposite the Market Theatre, but part of the complex, the Africana Museum was relaunched in 1994 as MuseuMAfricA. The theme is Johannesburg and its people at various stages of socio-political transformation.