Brightly coloured shipping containers line a field in Retreat, Cape Town, the new safe space set up by Philisa Abafazi Bethu (PAB), founded by Lucinda Evans. It will become “a space of healing, it will be a safe space”.
The site, situated on what used to be a gang hotspot, has been transformed by multiple shipping containers that will make up administration offices, community halls and eight safe spaces for women, children and LBTQIA persons.
The new Philisa Abafazi Bethu centre in Retreat, Cape Town. (Photo: Suné Payne)
Evans, a respected figure in activist circles, is a busy woman. On the day