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…
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…
Vuyo Mgijima is a local Kayamandi tour guide and entrepreneur. He managed the Kayamandi Creative District (KCD) project, where local homes were transformed into art galleries or house museums where local artists’ work was displayed.
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.…
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.
"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.