Giving a book can change a life
When the Township Winery team visited the Crossroads Library in the townships’ Philippi Village complex recently, we noticed empty spaces on some of the shelves. This library is centrally located between Cape Town’s densely populated Philippi and Crossroads townships and is a popular facility for about a dozen local schools lacking internal libraries. Donations all […]
Accidental vinegrower
Arleen van Wyk was thrilled when she discovered that she could rent a tiny smallholding in a rural township outside Cape Town in 1993. It meant she could take her small family away from the gang-infested urban environment which had been her home, and she could also indulge her dreams of growing plants. She started […]