Elandskloof reinforces the importance of context-specific approaches in the decision-making processes around land policy and conservation. This necessity reveals itself when considering how the residents of Elandskloof values its natural resources, more specifically how the regulation around the harvesting of Buchu has impacted the community.
The original church set up by the Dutch Reform Church (DRC), now a central community space.
The original church set up by the Dutch Reform Church (DRC), now a central community space.

The prism of food heritage allows for difficult and uncomfortable questions to be asked, including identity, poverty, and history, land but also, the reality of the effects of climate change as yet another catastrophic upending of life for Elandsklowers.
Residents protesting following the forced removals of 1961
Residents protesting following the forced removals of 1961.
Historical Injustice and Elandskloof
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Prof Siona O'Connell

Prof Siona O’Connell and Ms Dominque Wnuczek-Lobaczewski work in the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies, University of Pretoria. Their research focuses on food heritage and vulnerability in South Africa.

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