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Creativity & community in Dinokeng

Do you remember the mixed grill, a popular dish on every platteland menu in the ’70s and ’80s? That’s what you suddenly crave as you walk into the new Makers Village in Cullinan on a Friday morning on an empty stomach, cued by the aroma of something delicious sizzling on the coals at Fani Ndlovu’s stand outside.

We were directed here by a Cullinan resident: “Just go down Oak Avenue until you get to No. 103; you can’t miss the flutter of colourful cloths.” We have no problem finding it. We walk through a large garden with tables underneath trees and under canopies of multicoloured strips of cloth tocomplete with a Pudo locker system.

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