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Cape Town Climate Week: protecting drought-proof farmland

Activists gathered at the Philippi Horticultural Area to discuss water and food security

Over 100 climate activists and other participants gathered at the Vegkop Polyculture Farm as part of Cape Town Climate Week. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks
The battle to preserve the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) wetland and the crucial Cape Flats Aquifer from mining and development was at the centre of a Cape Town Climate Week event on Thursday.
Over 100 climate activists and other participants gathered at the Vegkop Polyculture Farm to discuss the importance of food and water security. They also did a water mapping exercise, in which groups worked out how much water different households use each day.
PHA Food and Farming Campaign chairperson Nazeer Sonday told the gathering about how they had fought development in the PHA, a crucial…

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