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Bringing Coffee to the Townships

  • Food
  • Dec 14, 2012
  • By Wayne Conradie and Nathan Thornburgh

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  • Sung · Dec 15, 2012 · Reply

    Good, fair coffee for all. Word.

    • Nathan Thornburgh

      Nathan Thornburgh · Dec 15, 2012 · Reply

      Yeah, this is sort of an inversion of fair trade coffee, at least in that it keeps the end product in the parts of Africa that haven’t been consumers. Now, to expand the purchasing power of most township residents so that they, and not just the middle-class Khayelitsha dwellers or those who commute in from town, might be able to afford even a cheap coffee…

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