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Kayamandi: Kasilam Wear
Kasilam Wear is a streetwear clothing brand started by Samkela Mhlakaza and Esethu Bangaza. Meaning “My place” or “My township”, Kasilam first started with simple T-shirts proudly displaying “I love Kayamandi” as a way of building community spirit.…
Kayamandi: Thandiswa
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…
Kayamandi: Portia’s Jewellery
Portia Mpangwa started a small jewellery business from her shack in Kayamandi. She sells her jewellery from her home in Kayamandi mostly to tourists who visit her on township tours. Besides beads, she also incorporates found and recycled objects into…
Kayamandi: Zizipho’s Salon
Zizipho runs a small hair salon out of a shipping container in Kayamandi. She started her business in 2015, and specialises in weaves (where hair extensions are weaved into existing hair with needlework) and eyelashes, and sometimes does hair…
Kayamandi: Popo Setona
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…
Popo was born in 1941, when Kayamandi was being established as a township. He went to Langa High School in 1959…
Kayamandi: The edible museum – the risk of putting a frame on food
Elsa Vogts presented her PhD research at MuseumNext Australia in 2017 on the topic of exploring the foodways of the Kayamandi township as sociomuseological practice.
Kayamandi: The Edible Museum – documenting foodways in a South African township
Elsa Vogts presented a poster about her PhD research at the 2nd International Food Design Conference in New York City, USA, in 2015.
The edible museum: Exploring foodways as sociomuseological practice in Kayamandi, South Africa
PhD dissertation submitted to Stellenbosch University
Kayamandi: Jan Viviers
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…
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…
Kayamandi: Victor Myataza
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.…