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Bongo Flepu is a 26-year-old performing poet, father, writer and founder member of the Jembe Ridim Poetry group based in Kayamandi. His talents stretch as far as the fine arts, including drawing and painting – talents he has fostered since a young…

The research questioned what a comparative analysis of the semiotic landscapes of the Stellenbosch Village Museum and the Kayamandi Creative District House Museum reveal about the broader historical and sociocultural contexts wherein each exist, with…

Heart of Kayamandi was born from the FoodPods franchise started by Heart Capital, and is now a growing agricultural hub that helps small-scale entrepreneurs make a livelihood from the sale of fresh, organic vegetables in the community.

In…

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…

The Reconciliation Lunch was started in Karin Viviers’s home in Kayamandi. It is a weekly meal that is shared between people of different races, cultures and backgrounds, and aims to facilitate understanding and tolerance.

Currently held at the…

Loyiso, also known as Roots in Kayamandi, has managed several successful food businesses in the township.

His first venture was a small chisa nyama stall, where meat is cooked on an open fire, which his cousin subsequently took over. In 2004, he…

Tembie runs a small takeaway food business close to the taxi rank in Kayamandi.

She learned how to cook traditional Xhosa food from her mother while growing up in the Eastern Cape. She sells amagwinya (also known as vetkoek) in the mornings, and…

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.

Apart from…

Songezo Lupondo’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.

Songezo is a gifted young musician based in…

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…