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.
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