We have been playing on the open space of ground in the middle of the township, but it's full of dirt. It damages our golf clubs. Now at least we have a formal range here. It'll save us lots and we can improve our skills. Lungile Mbalo, coordinator of the project, said the range was the first golfing facility on the Cape Flats, a network of black and mixed-race townships stretching out northwards from Cape Town's white suburbs.
People go into crime and violence because there is no recreation around.
The Cape Flats is riddled with gang violence, making it Cape Town's most violent area. According to the foundation's Peter Biehl, father of Amy, the idea is to keep the fees to a minimum so as to attract as many people from Khayelitsha and surrounding townships as possible. The aim is to make it accessible and affordable to everyone. She had been involved in voter education among the township's residents in the run-up to South Africa's first democratic election in April 1994. Since her death, her parents, Peter and Linda Biehl of California, have been actively engaged in trying to promote reconciliation in South Africa and supported a decision by South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission to grant amnesty to Amy's killers.