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Strawberry farming is a significant industry in the Winelands area, and in Raithby, farming and particularly strawberry farming is integral to community identity. Below is a story of strawberry farming in Raithby told by Hannes Titus.

Raithby is famous for its strawberries. In strawberry season they are sold for making strawberry jam, cakes with strawberries, and many other dishes. Fig jam and maketaan (watermelon) jam are also part of the jam collection.
“Mosbrood” is what they…

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…

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…

PhD dissertation submitted to Stellenbosch University

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.