 Set in the crime ridden township of Khayelitsha, inhabited by around one million people and located 30 km southeast of downtown Cape Town, Baphumelele grew out of one of the most destitute shack settlements in South Africa.In 1989 Rosalie Mashale moved from the Eastern Cape to Khayelitsha.She was extremely disturbed to see young children going through garbage dumps and looking for food without any supervision while their parents were away at work.