The main street in the cultural and heritage precinct of Cape Town’s Langa neighborhood, Lerotholi Avenue, has a lot going on — a community cultural center, kitchens and gardens, an agriculture cooperative, a contemporary art gallery, and traditional food market.
It’s the country’s oldest township — established nearly 100 years ago.
The community gardens have been around for many years. Many are tended to by “gogos” — the Zulu word for grandmother — and include herb gardens used for healing. The community kitchen is referral-based — where health or social workers can refer those who especially need nourishment because they are on medication.
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Sara Jervingsarajerving
Sara Jerving is a Senior Reporter at Devex, where she covers global health. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, VICE News, and Bloomberg News among others. Sara holds a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she was a Lorana Sullivan fellow. She was a finalist for One World Media's Digital Media Award in 2021; a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in 2018; and she was part of a VICE News Tonight on HBO team that received an Emmy nomination in 2018. She received the Philip Greer Memorial Award from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2014.
