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Lerato: Thank you for your interest in my story and craft. My name is Lerato Mtiya, born and raised by my two parents in Whittlesea near Queenstown in the Eastern Cape province. My parents came to Stellenbosch in the Western Cape in the year 1994…

The Lokxion Sport Academy is a Lokxion Foundation project that aims to provide football and netball training to school children in the Kayamandi township, as well as providing nutrition coaching. For more information about the programme, visit…

Love2Give is an NGO based in Kayamandi that runs a food gardening programme as part of its activities.

Its food garden is tended by women from the township, who often have come from the Eastern Cape with knowledge of subsistence farming, but with…

Makupula High School was the first high school built in Kayamandi, and is one of two high schools in the township offering schooling for grades 8 to 12.

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…

The Methodist Church is well established and one of the oldest churches in Kayamandi.

Minky’s home formed part of the Kayamandi Creative District (KCD) project, where local homes were transformed into art galleries or house museums where local artists’ work was displayed. Minky was an active participant in the project and enjoyed…

Mzuzo is a decorative artist based in Kayamandi, practising his craft from his shack. He works mostly with recycled materials from nature, with which he makes decorative art objects. He currently keeps a day job as a gardener, but hopes to turn his…

This piece by Mzuzo is made from acorns, wood and sand.

This piece of decorative art by Mzuzo is made on corrugated cardboard with recycled materials.