Cissie Gool House The fourth co-design workshop was held on Sunday 28 November 2021, the theme was: Stories / Histories / Memories For Re-Shaping CGH.

Chatam Community Garden
Salt River, 6 December 2021 Cape Town

The former Woodstock hospital, now renamed Cissie Gool House, is home to several hundred people. This event was part of an ongoing conversation on economic sustainability.

Salt River Heritage Society organised a walkabout at the Two River Urban Park, recounting, in particular, the Battle of Salt River which took place on the 1st March 1510 in this area.

The Mirror A tribute to the South African Astronomical Observatory Walkabout and workshop with children and educators from Samora Machel

The former Woodstock hospital, now renamed Cissie Gool House, is home to several hundred people. This event was part of an ongoing conversation on economic sustainability.

Workshop for GUFI – Gugulethu Urban Farming Initiative

Samora CAN’s Riders check in daily with the most vulnerable members of the community,using bicycles to deliver food and tablets to people that are homebound because of age or disability.

During this time our team in Samora Machel initiated a Community Action Network CAN group – a self-organised support system aimed at mitigating the impact of the crisis.

Once upon a time, in a country under lockdown, people stayed connected through the power of stories. Wendy, in Samora Machel, reads in her home language, isiXhosa, the story of Ufufu (Federico) by Leo Lionni while Annalisa, in Woodstock, pages through the book.

Closing Ceremony at the Press conference to present the application to Heritage Western Cape to grade the Two Rivers Urban Park – Closing Ceremony.

Let’s celebrate together Cissie Gool House, our common home, and our continuous efforts to create a better life for ourselves, for our children and for our community. Let’s celebrate together and re-affirm the reasons for building a more just and equal society in a city imagined as a common.

Cissie Gool House is an old public hospital in Woodstock (Cape Town) and home for people who have been evicted or would have been displaced by unaffordable rent and property prices.

“Kids as seeds of change” is a initiative aimed at supporting the establishment of a Reggio Emilia inspired Early Childhood Education Centre in Samora Machel (Philippi), Cape Town, South Africa.

Interview with Mrs Caroline Felix
The oldest resident in Salt River, Cape Town, South Africa
Video by Anwar Omar and Andrea Couvert

Freedom’s Child – Melanie Scholtz sings J. Matthews.
Video Producer and Director: Andrea Couvert | Camera Operator and editor: Nawaal Deane | Photographer Lenore Cairncross | 2012 Cape Town

Denver Arendse is a resident at Cissie Gool House, Woodstock, Cape Town. Cissie Gool House was occupied in April 2017. It now provides temporary accommodation to families who need a home or have been evicted.

24 September 2018 Heritage day – Community meeting and launch of the Salt River Heritage Society

In 2016 the Forum hosted a workshop to explore ideas for the transformation of Princess Vlei.
In 2017 the ideas emerged from that workshop were further developed in a co-design workshop documented in this video.

Celebrate the Feminine Divine
13 February 2017

Woodstock Heritage day at Trafalgar park. Cape Town – South Africa

Masibambisane is the youth Organization that opens opportunities for the young people who are interested in Art and Cultural Activities. It is the youth organization that stands on its goals to achieve its own aims and objectives.

Social Innovation Festival
8 November 2015, Langa, Cape Town

(First day) The project MAMAS 8.0 for the Women’s Network is coordinated by Maria Rosa Lorini as part of her PhD in Information Systems at University of Cape Town.

(Second day) The project MAMAS 8.0 for the Women’s Network is coordinated by Maria Rosa Lorini as part of her PhD in Information Systems at University of Cape Town.

(Third day)The project MAMAS 8.0 for the Women’s Network is coordinated by Maria Rosa Lorini as part of her PhD in Information Systems at University of Cape Town.

(Fourth day) The project MAMAS 8.0 for the Women’s Network is coordinated by Maria Rosa Lorini as part of her PhD in Information Systems at University of Cape Town.

(Fifth day) The project MAMAS 8.0 for the Women’s Network is coordinated by Maria Rosa Lorini as part of her PhD in Information Systems at University of Cape Town.

Open Streets is a citizen-driven initiative, working to design and promote streets which embed and generate respect for people, regardless of who they are, and how they move.

Participatory Design Workshop Design Storming is a platform for inclusive and participatory design, focused on addressing issues of social significance.

Talkoot! Day 10 November 2012 Kayelitsha Challenge Statement and Framing

Design Day — at VPUU Precinct 3 in Khayelitsha, and the Social Justice Coalition have defined the first design challenge — around refuse collection and removal in townships. 27 November 2012

Design Storming: Igniting change with collective imagination The first Design Storm is set for 30 June and 1 July 2012 — in celebration of World Industrial Design Day — at VPUU Precinct 3 in Khayelitsha, and the Social Justice Coalition have defined the first design challenge — around refuse collection and removal in townships.