Changemakers of the Overstrand

Stories from the people creating change.

Portrait of the Changemaker
September 2026Main story

Jackie Viviers

Editor and Overberg Film Workshop | Hometree

Jackie Viviers has cut films for Netflix and Patagonia. What she'd most like to build in the Overstrand is something quieter: a room where young people are allowed to learn by doing.

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Portrait of Noxolo Liwani, Local Economic Development Officer at Overstrand Municipality
September 2026

Noxolo Liwani

Local Economic Development Officer | Overstrand Municipality

She came to Hermanus for a weekend away and never left, opening doors for traders, growers, designers and school-leavers with real talent and nowhere to take it.

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