Township vegetable garden empowers women
The Siyazama Community Garden in Makhaza, Khayelitsha, in the Western Cape is an example of how the private sector can use agriculture to uplift communities.
The garden was started in 1997 by approximately 30 community members when they were given access to small patches of underutilised land on municipal properties, according to Siyazama farmer Nokwanda Nkqayi.
“Initially, the members produced vegetables only for their own consumption,” she recalls. This has changed, thanks to Agriplanner, a hands-on agricultural entrepreneurship programme run by Coronation Fund Managers and the South
