This document serves in a small way to illustrate the first five years of the existence of the Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation (Non- Profit Company). Established in 2010 as a legal non-profit entity SLF has experienced considerable growth and impact, punching considerably above its weight in the South African economic and social development sector. The organisation has attracted over 15 financial donors, all of which have bolstered our independent mission to enhance economic and social capital within commonly marginalised communities in the realm of South Africa’s “Emergent City”. To this end we have completed a wide range of project activities from researching the township economy, conducting clinic-based health related theatre for TB medication awareness, to revegetation of urban landscapes with medicinal herbs in a novel collaboration with traditional medicine practitioners as a process of “Herbanisation”.