One of the key highlights of this year was welcoming three new trustees to the SA Urban Food & Farming Trust: Hadijah Nankanja, Miles Kubheka and Nonhlanhla Taylor. Each brings not only expertise but also a deep personal commitment to community resilience, food justice, and the power of grassroots action. Their arrival has infused theContinue reading “New Voices, Shared Vision: Meet the Trustees Guiding SAUFFT Forward”
Category Archives: Thought leadership
Paving and Levelling of the Smiley Market: Strengthening Safety and Dignity
For decades, the Rhodes Street Smiley Market in Langa has been a cornerstone of local food culture. Known for the preparation and sale of “smileys”, sheep heads cooked over open flames, the market is both an economic lifeline for women traders and a gathering place for residents and visitors. Despite its vibrancy, the site hadContinue reading “Paving and Levelling of the Smiley Market: Strengthening Safety and Dignity”
Cape Town Mayor Joins SAUFFT at the Lerotholi Ave Open Streets
Following the success of the inaugural Open Streets event, the SA Urban Food & Farming Trust (SAUFFT) was invited to participate in the Open Streets Experiments: Lerotholi Ave Sundays on 30 November. The platform allowed us to showcase work across our community programmes in Langa, Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain, and Gugulethu. At the event, we wereContinue reading “Cape Town Mayor Joins SAUFFT at the Lerotholi Ave Open Streets”
Langa Waste Forum Outing: A Community Learning Journey Towards a Circular, Zero-Waste Future
In November, a diverse group of City officials, community members, circular economy innovators, and local partners gathered in Langa for a full-day learning journey marking the beginning of the Langa Waste Forum. More than an educational trip, the outing became a moment of relationship-building, shared reflection, and collective visioning for what a cleaner, more circular,Continue reading “Langa Waste Forum Outing: A Community Learning Journey Towards a Circular, Zero-Waste Future”
SAUFFT Impact Report – 2024/2025: What we did and why it matters
Our 2024/2025 Impact Report shows simple, practical change: people growing food, earning an income, and building community power. More than 1,300 farmers – most of them women – are now part of our Agrihub network. In Khayelitsha alone farmers earned over R1.1 million across two years, and the hub supplied tens of tonnes of organicContinue reading “SAUFFT Impact Report – 2024/2025: What we did and why it matters”
Decentralising Resilience: What the Langa Agrihub Reveals About the Future of Climate Adaptation
The publication of Sustaining Urban Food Gardens for Community Resilience: A Case Study of the Langa Agrihub arrives at a critical moment, one in which compounding risks, cascading systemic failures, and escalating climate uncertainty are reshaping how societies must think about resilience. As global policy debates continue to centre technocratic, expert-driven models of risk governance,Continue reading “Decentralising Resilience: What the Langa Agrihub Reveals About the Future of Climate Adaptation”
SAUFFT Programmes Manager, Rirhandzu Marivate, at the Africa Food Systems Forum in Senegal
In early September, Rirhandzu Marivate, Programmes Manager at SAUFFT, attended the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF) in Dakar, Senegal, one of the continent’s largest and most influential gatherings dedicated to shaping a more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient food future. The forum brought together more than 6,000 delegates from across Africa, including governments, farmers, entrepreneurs, researchers,Continue reading “SAUFFT Programmes Manager, Rirhandzu Marivate, at the Africa Food Systems Forum in Senegal”
SAUFFT Programmes Manager, Rirhandzu Marivate, at the Transformations Community / Earth System Governance 2025 Conference
In August 2025, the Transformations Community / Earth System Governance (TC/ESG) Conference brought together more than 400 scientists, academics, artists, activists, and practitioners from across the world. Held from 18–21 August under the theme Navigating Sustainability Transformations Towards Justice and Equity,” the conference created a rich space for dialogue on how to shape fairer, moreContinue reading “SAUFFT Programmes Manager, Rirhandzu Marivate, at the Transformations Community / Earth System Governance 2025 Conference”
Langa Agrihub featured in new book, ‘Urban Resilience and Community Innovation in Crisis Gardening – A Global Perspective’
Crisis Gardening – A Global Perspective, presents an in-depth exploration of how communities are reimagining food systems amid persistent crises. This work challenges conventional approaches and encourages a reflective examination of urban agriculture practices as strategic responses to social, economic, and environmental instability. Structured in three broad sections, the book first defines and explains crisisContinue reading “Langa Agrihub featured in new book, ‘Urban Resilience and Community Innovation in Crisis Gardening – A Global Perspective’”
Climate crisis and biodiversity podcast episode with Kurt Ackermann, SAUFFT CEO
Podcast host, Joel Bolnick, founder and prime mover of the new Ros Bean Biodiversity and Mindfulness Centre in Cape Town, is in conversation with SAUFFT CEO, Kurt Ackermann. Joel was the co-founder of Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) and the Community Organisation Resource Centre (CORC), and a leader deeply committed to social and environmental justice. ThisContinue reading “Climate crisis and biodiversity podcast episode with Kurt Ackermann, SAUFFT CEO”
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