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Popo Setona is one of the oldest members of the Kayamandi community and carries many years of stories and knowledge about the township.

Popo was born in 1941, when Kayamandi was being established as a township. He went to Langa High School in 1959…

Jan Viviers and his family were Kayamandi’s first non-black residents.

In the audio clip below, Jan explains the initial reasoning for wanting to move to Kayamandi, which started in 1985, during apartheid’s most violent period.

When they…

Victor Myataza is one of the oldest residents of Kayamandi and its former mayor. He was instrumental in the urban planning of the Kayamandi township, in canvassing for the retention of its land as well as development of its housing programme.…

Mama Swartbooi is one of the oldest residents of Kayamandi and is also well known for her cooking.

Her house is situated on Swartbooi Street, named after her husband’s family. She is one of the first residents in Kayamandi to have opened up her…

A timeline created by Chrisben February and Willie Breytenbach, published in Jamestown: “’n Stukkie van die Paradys”, 2015. Stellenbosch: Sun Media

Chrisben February is the chairperson of the Heritage Society of Jamestown. In this clip he talks about the history of Jamestown.

The BA Building has documented the history of the community in the form of a glass plane that runs through the entrances, both left and right. This is a good way to showcase and reveal the history of what had happened during a tough time.

Zainad Khafif compiled this summary about the history of Idasvalley

A historical account of the founding and history of Raithby Primary School. The history is told by Raithby resident and former staff member of Raithby Primary School, Sophia Jansen. The interview was conducted by Irene Loedolff.

Mr Edward Rabie tells stories about growing up in Raithby and various other accounts of life in Raithby. Mr Rabie is the oldest living male resident in Raithby. The interview was conducted by Irene Loedolff.