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Community media coverage of waste pickers
This post engages with critical aspects of journalism, particularly the relationship between the media, power structures and audiences...
Jul 13, 202113 min read
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How the Makana waste industry operates
On a normal day, there are over 200 waste pickers at the municipal landfill in Grahamstown. They come from the poorest households in the...
Jul 13, 20218 min read
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Local pickers appear in Swedish publication
"An important, dirty, low-status profession: millions of people globally pick garbage to survive.
Jul 13, 20211 min read
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Living on the municipal landfill
The Grahamstown municipal landfill is home to a group of homeless men and women from nearby locations. Their livelihoods are dependent on...
Jul 13, 20212 min read
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The unsustainability of corporate middle men
The municipality doesn’t recognise them, and “why?” is a question they ask themselves every day.
Jul 13, 20213 min read
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Radio Grahamstown
The waste pickers featured on Radio Grahamstown to share their movement and the work they're doing.
Jul 13, 20211 min read
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Non-existing health and safety protections on site
The waste pickers are from the poorest households in the city and are systemically forced into waste picking because there's no alternative
Jul 13, 20212 min read
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Covid-19 and the Makana municipal dumpsite
A newborn baby was found by waste pickers among the rubbish on the dumpsite. This apparently happens often.
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It’s the poor and working class who can stop carnages
They’ve stopped going to the landfill since June this year [2020]. The reason they stopped is that there’s been some rogue behaviours...
Jul 13, 20212 min read
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"We are prepared to walk to the nearest border, preferably Namibia"
The people who are staying at the refugee camps at the Wingfield Military Base and Paint City are mainly from the Democratic Republic of Con
Jul 13, 20216 min read
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The History of Resistance in Woodstock and Salt River
The Woodstock hospital has become home to 300 households and more than 900 residents and has been renamed Cissie Gool House (CGH). Its resid
Jul 13, 20211 min read
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Teenagers making change in community ‘16 June and 45 years after’
On the 27th of February, we watched the film screening based on the Democratic Confederalism in Rojava, Syria. The phenomenon resulted after
Jul 13, 20213 min read
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Rebuilding the youth and workers movement in our communities: "united we stand..."
A housing forum at the Cissie Gool House occupation (now turned community hall) was attended by housing activists from Cape Town.
Jul 13, 20211 min read
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