/ 22 January 2022

It’s a Khaltsha thing: Khayelitsha’s growing middle class

January 2022 Touring Around Khayelitsha Many Small Businesses Line The Main Roads, From Containers, Tents & Caravans To Converted Residential Homes, You Can Find Anything From Food, Clothing, Plumbing & Electrical Goods To Car Mechanics & Internet Acces
Small businesses are central to South Africa’s economic resilience and recovery and corporates should work with them. Photo: David Harrison/M&G

In a few years the township will ‘disappear’, and Khayelitsha will become a city, believes one local entrepreneur

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