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flats in Langa have turned dumpsites on empty land into three thriving vegetable gardens.
"We just recently planted lemon, naartjie and orange trees," Nyovane said."Currently we sell our spinach for R12. When we have work, we get a few guys in the community who are not employed to help us and pay them from the money raised from selling vegetables." A third garden is run by Bongiwe Mgweba, who works full time in the garden with two other women. Her project, which she named Ayabulela, needs fencing, water tanks and compost, she says.
She has brinjal and turnips ready for harvesting and says her children enjoy working in the garden with her."They have also introduced their friends and young people from the flats who are growing and harvesting vegetables from my garden." The Masakhe Foundation partnered with the South African Urban Food and Farming Trust to help, supplying the women with seeds and compost and training, and developing the garden.
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