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Stories of hope

“There are no membership fees. We just ask the kids to bring back their books, which they do, and they are introduced to audio recordings, silk-screening, packaging and photography programmes every now and then,” says volunteer Malose Malahlela.

Started by university of Cape Town art lecturer Bettina Malcolmess two years ago, Keleketle survives on donations, bartering, stovelling and local networks in the inner city. Networking includes wheeling a wooden library trolley through the streets, encouraging kids to read, and connecting over the Internet to similar initiatives worldwide.

After-school programmes for youth in visual arts (drawing, silkscreen, photography), publications (zines, comics, postcards, posters, writing and poetry) and performance (drama, dance, poetry, radio, mobile library, and street performances) are busy being developed.

The team are also promoting this part of town, which they say is not as dangerous as people make it out to be, despite not having felt the wand of developer gurus yet. “We know the challenges here are complex, but we are ready,” says Malose.

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