About us

Ikhaya Labantu is a grassroots NGO that provides residential (full-time, live-in) care to 34 frail and/or disabled persons from the poorest communities of Langa and surroundings by running the Ikhaya Labantu Care Home in Johnson Ngwevela Street, Langa, Cape Town.

It is one of very few places where families who do not have the means, space or capacity themselves, can turn to get residential care for their frail or disabled family members. In running the care home, Ikhaya Labantu provides gainful employment to approx. 20 staff from the Langa area (nurses, carers, kitchen staff, laundry/cleaning staff), and also serves as a place where students in personal care can do their practical training.

History

Ikhaya Labantu was started in 1986 by Nobuntu Nkanyuza, (“Mambona”), one of the original “brave heart”-women of the townships at that time, initially as Ikhaya Labantu Homeless Shelter. It has been operating in its current form as a home of frail and disabled people for about 15 yrs.

Mambona continues to be the overall Director and “mother” of Ikhaya Labantu. However, a management team has been put in place to carry the day-to-day operations, allowing her to slow down a little at an age when many others have already put their feet up.

Ikhaya Labantu was registered as a non-profit organization (NPO) in 1986, and as a public benefit organization (PBO) with SARS in 2016. As a PBO in good standing, Ikhaya Labantu is tax exempt and is able to issue Section 18A tax certificates for all donations received.

Our team

Board – 7 members

Management team

Director
Care Manager
- 12 Carers
Operations Manager
- 4 Laundry & Cleaning
Kitchen Manager
- 3 kitchen staff
Administration assistant
Various volunteers

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