Photovoice Stories of Water and Energy, Khayelitsha exhibition

The Politics and Urban Governance Research Group at the University of the Western Cape cordially invites you to the Governing of a Just Urban Transition project’s exhibition, Photovoice Stories of Water and Energy on the 12th of March 2026, at Isivivana, Khayelitsha from 9.30am – 1.15pm. The Vice Chancellor of UWC, Prof Robert Balfour, will be opening the event and the Executive Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis will make some concluding remarks.

The exhibition will include the following:

• Presentation on ‘Infrastructural Citizenship’ (Prof Charlotte Lemanski)
• Photovoice Participant Presentations
• Stakeholders Panel from CoCT’s Director of Informal Settlements, and a member of the Khayelitsha Development Forum.

The PhotoVoice exhibition event will finish by 12.15pm, followed by lunch.

PhotoVoice is a participatory research method that uses photography to tell real stories. It gives people the chance to document their lives and share their perspectives – showing how they experience and navigate their world. As part of the Governing the Just Urban Transition (GoJUT) project, 30 small business owners from Khayelitsha, Cape Town and Setswetla, Johannesburg, took photographs showing how their businesses access – and struggle to access – water and energy.

Scan QR code or click the link to register. For further information, contact us at pugresearch@uwc.ac.za.