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The Guardian, Thembokwezi, Graaff-Reinet and Franschhoek, South Africa One evening a week, Natasha Msweswe and Zanele Madasi leave their children at home and set out to patrol the streets of Thembokwezi. They return at midnight. This is potentially very dangerous, but they feel they have little choice. “It can be scary, but we want to protect our community,” 31-year-old Madasi said. “We want to make a difference.” Thembokwezi is a neighborhood of Khayelitsha, a sprawling, overcrowded township overlooked by Table Mountain that has long been infamous for high levels of gang violence, drug abuse and unemployment. South African police are stretched thin, so ....
Community gardeners dig in against attempts to evict them Volunteers are growing vegetables in a new community food garden in Khayelitsha in spite of attempts by the government to evict them. Volunteers are growing vegetables in a new community food garden in Khayelitsha in Cape Town in spite of attempts by the provincial government to evict them to make way for a housing project. The garden, in Ilitha Park, was started in November last year on provincial government land. Residents raised cash to buy materials to enclose an open field. Community leader Lwam Bungane said the garden was intended to serve as a source of food and income for unemployed families who battle to survive. “During the hard lockdown, I distributed donated foods to poor families around here and saw how residents battled to find food,” he said. ....