Tag: Khayelitsha

Township farmers in the Mother City described steep electricity tariff and petrol price increases is “another gut-wrenching blow”. They are struggling to make ends meet after the City of Cape ...

It was more than two decades ago when a group of 24 women and six men had the idea of starting the Siyazama Community Allotment Garden Association in their neighbourhood, ...

In the late hours of the evening in the township called Khayelitsha in Cape Town, a desperate Thozama Sikiti went down on her knees and started praying to God to ...

Coming on top of a reality where millions of South Africans were unemployed even before the start of the covid-19 crisis, the extension of lockdown regulations that make informal trade all but impossible creates an extremely dangerous situation in Mzansi, ...

If everything goes to plan the 54-year-old Bukelwa Mbuli, a fruit and vegetable vendor from Khayelitsha in Cape Town, will return to the streets today after receiving a green light ...

“Our teachers play a pivotal role in growing agriculture in South Africa as well as creating awareness, especially high school teachers.” So said Lindie Stroebel, general manager of the Produce ...

A decade after the birth of Soil for Life more than 30 000 people are now more food secure with access to healthy nutritious vegetables grown in their own backyards. ...

Don’t underestimate the power of the humble earthworm. They may be crawly and slightly slimy, but they’re changing lives at eight underprivileged schools in Cape Town. A worm farm project ...