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To help her family overcome financial difficulties, Fayrus Abrams harnessed her skill, talent and love for making clothes and began her small, initially home-based sewing business. After an expanding clientele, she moved her business into town (Idas…

As part of its social outreach, the Idas Valley Municipal Library offers a holiday programme for children of all ages, where they learn important life skills such as financial management and the importance of taking care of the environment. Pictured…

Cloetesville offers soccer, rugby, netball, swimming and many other sports. It is important for children to do sport, and there is always an opportunity for a child to join a sport, whether in their school or independently. Soccer seems to be the…

Jamestown Strawberry Festival 2016

The Imbali Visual Literacy Project (VLP), with the generous outreach program from Alexis Hanslo and The Children’s Art Centre, took root in Kylemore in 2001 and today has 100 children on a once-a-month art workshop program.

This project addresses…

YouTube video clip by René van Rooyen that gives the viewer a glimpse of the wonderful atmosphere at this popular festival

Yeyethu Design is a collaborative started by Bulelwa Tito and colleagues Nomthandazo and Sabelo. They produce handmade clothing, accessories and toys from traditional shweshwe fabric in a converted garage on the Kuyasa NGO premises. Together they…

Below is a selection of artworks created by learners as a visual expression of personal perceptions of globalisation. These works form part of a research project conducted by Sean Cameron at a private school in the Helderberg region of the Cape Town…

"Torn," a Film School Africa Level 1 Final Film by director Thando Dyantyi is the journey of a young man. Lorenzo de Wee stars in this short film shot in Kayamandi and Somerset West.

Thandiswa is a seamstress based in Kayamandi. She learned how to use a sewing machine at the Siyazama project at the Legacy Centre, and from there developed an interest in making clothing. She makes original traditional Xhosa outfits for cultural…