There’s an empty patch of ground at the end of the road that they’ve earmarked for an African food market.Ĭlose to the highway at the far end of Khayelitsha, there’s a derelict playing field they hope to turn into a sustainable sports complex. Lookout Hill Cnr Mew Way & Spine Road, Ilitha Park, Khayelitsha, Cape Town +27 (0)īut to Buntu Matole and Ayanda Cuba – two local social entrepreneurs – the view’s very different.įrom our vantage point at the top of the hill, they show me various landmarks and share their ideas for developing them. Though it’s little more than a small sand dune, the panoramic views from the wooden platform at the top stretch right across Khayelitsha, Cape Town’s biggest township – home to anywhere between 300,000 and three million people, depending on who you ask.ĭuring South Africa’s apartheid regime, Khayelitsha and the rest of the township “ghettos” that comprise the Cape Flats became known as “apartheid’s dumping ground” for people of color.Įven today, 21 years into democracy, the stories usually told of these neighborhoods speak of poverty, rampant crime and socioeconomic marginalization from the city center and its leafy (and predominantly white) suburbs. Lookout Hill is the highest point of the aptly named Cape Flats.
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