Parents often tell their children about the good old days when they used to go outside and play kennetjie, drie blikkies and five stones - among other games - with the neighbourhood kids.
They'd play outside until after sunset, going in only once their moms had yelled for them.
Unlike children today who prefer to stay indoors to watch television, play computer games or PlayStation, their parents' entertainment involved playing with sticks, stones, balls and tins - and they had a good time, too.
While most parents have given up on explaining the rules of the games, a non-governmental organisation, The Future Factory, is now teaching schoolchildren how to play traditional games.
Michael van Roodt, the group's CEO, said they have coaches who teach the games at primary and high schools across the Western Cape.
"Our primary business is physical education in schools, and we are operational in 30 schools across the province. We plan to go national soon.
"This is a fun way of developing children and the youth through sport and recreation."
Four of the games they teach have been recognised as national sporting codes. Nikkies (also called Dibeke, Skaloulo and Kimberley Jim) is a running ball game with two teams of 12 players. The teams take turns to attack and defend. Individual attackers are called and must kick the ball beyond the centre lines towards the attackers' box.
Morabaraba (a type of noughts and crosses) is an African board game well known across this continent and Asia.
Two players each have 12 stones, known as cows. Each player places a cow in one of the holes or circles on the board, with the aim of getting three in a row. When this is achieved, the player may then shoot or take away the other player's cow. The game is won when an opponent cannot move any more cows. Teams can forward individuals or act as advisers to more than one player.
Jukskei was originally a game played by the Voortrekkers. They would place a peg upright in the ground and try to hit this target from a distance with their skeis, skittle-shaped pegs used in the ox yoke.
The modern version involves two teams of four players each playing with two skeis. The pegs are placed in two sandpits 14m apart. The purpose is to hit the peg or get the skeis as close as possible and to reach a score of 23.
Kgadi/jump rope is a rhythmic jumping game that was popular with young girls, but in recent years has become an activity played by boys. The opposing team swings a rope while singing a rhyme and the other team has to try to jump through the rope without making a mistake. When the whole team is out they change roles.
Other games include Five Stones (like jacks), which sees a team of four to six players each with five stones in their hands. They have to toss all the stones above the hand for as long as possible and the one with the highest point starts the game.
Then each player tosses up a stone, picks up one, and then catches the flying stone. Then he or she will toss up a stone and pick up two stones, and so on.
Bok-bok involves two teams. The members of one team stand against a wall while the other team jumps on their backs, trying to make them collapse. These days, instead of making people collapse, players have to guess how many are on their backs. Of course, collapses still happen.
Any number of people in a team can play Kennetjie. The kennetjie (a stump) is placed on two stones and one team has to hit it as far as possible. The team that hits it the furthest wins.
Hopscotch is played in two ways. Either the player hops from one square to another within a diagram, avoiding the lines, or he or she kicks a stone from block to block.
Besides South African games, the coaches are also teaching pupils a traditional Irish game that has been played there for centuries.
Hurley is played with a stick similar to a hockey stick.
Fergal Collen, who is visiting from Ireland as a volunteer with the group, said hurley was similar to hockey, but the players can kick and catch the ball.
"It is played on a field bigger than a rugby field. You score by either hitting the ball under or over the post.
"You get one point if you score over the posts and three if it goes underneath."
There are 15 players a side, and the game is played by bouncing the ball on the end of the stick and then either hitting it to a teammate or throwing it.