I live in the slums stories by citizen journalists
Waste picker’s struggle to make ends meet during lockdown
By Kimberly Mutandiro “The life of a waste picker is hard especially during this time of the Coronavirus,” says Elizabeth...
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Sustainable food gardens create stories of hope in the slum settlements in Cape Town
In the heart of the slum settlements in Cape Town, a beacon of hope and sustainability is taking root, thanks...
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Young women for life mobilizes women to protest at a magistrate court
Young women for life conducts protests in communities and at the magistrate courts, putting pressure on the justice system to...
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40 women graduate in baking: Tackling GBV through skills training in baking and hospitality services
In general, women in South Africa experience many challenges in finding and keeping a good job. These include being able...
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YWFL in Ekuthuleni slum settlement lead the community into the cleaning of its dump sites
Young women for life based at the Ekuthuleni informal settlements in Pretoria held a cleaning campaign on Monday . Mzonjani...
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Safe taverns project transforms social spaces for the benefit of gender justice
One of the objectives of the Safe taverns Project, launched by the Young women for life in 2017, is to...
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Years of waiting. No housing allocation
Extension ten informal settlement is located on the outskirts of Tsakane informal settlement near Duduza. It is a vast informal...
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The difficult lives of Ekuthuleni informal settlement residents
Residents of Ekuthuleni informal settlement near Springs live in a sea of troubles. This is because they face many hardships...
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No food parcels delivered as complaints over hunger increase in extension 10 informal settlement
Fezeka Gabuza is a mother of five children living in Tsakane extension 10 in Brakpan. Unemployed she used to stock...
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Concerns over housing amidst Covid-19 pandemic and winter chills
Over a hundred shack dwellers in extension 6 informal settlement are in solicitude over the dreary state of their living...
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