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CHANGING LIVES ONE CUP OF COFFEE AT  A TIME

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OUR
COFFEE
CHANGES
LIVES!!

Welcome to South Africa’s first coffee shop that employees ex-offenders. Gangstar Cafe offers training and employment opportunities to previously incarcerated youth to break the cycle of re-offending, crime and gangsterism. Gang is the past and Star is the future… it’s time to shine!

Welcome to South Africa’s first coffee shop that employees ex-offenders. Gangstar Cafe offers training and employment opportunities to previously incarcerated youth to break the cycle of re-offending, crime and gangsterism. Gang is the past and Star is the future… it’s time to shine!

Meet Xola…

I grew up in Samora, Cape Town, where I spent my youth as a part of a gang. We would smoke drugs and abuse alcohol, to the point where I was unrecognisable, even to myself. After meeting Jesus, all of that changed…

What we do

CAFE’S

EVENTS

TRAINING

What we do

CAFE’S

EVENTS

TRAINING

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Coffee Beans

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Gangstar T’s

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