5 Jun , 2024 | Environmental health is human health
A Bhekisisa Centre for health journalism investigation has found that residents are getting sick and struggling to breathe because of the air quality around an illegal dump site in Kya Sand, north west of Johannesburg. Residents from informal settlements and gated...
6 Aug , 2023 | Finding solutions to problems can create work
Download and share this video Charles’ story Charles is a 35 year old man who grew up in Soweto. He attended a local high school, passing matric except for his first language (isiZulu). He did not have any opportunity to study further because his family lacked...
5 Aug , 2023 | Finding solutions to problems can create work
Download and share this video The Earthly Touch Foundation builds classrooms out of eco-bricks for a local social outreach project in Diepsloot. With a team of experienced designers and builders, Earthly Touch Foundation has created or had donations of more than 60...
4 Aug , 2023 | Finding solutions to problems can create work
Download and share this video In leafy suburbs with regular waste removal, residents are generally happy with the services they are getting. But they are, however, suspicious about the intentions of the different waste reclaimers that frequent their neighbourhoods on...
3 Aug , 2023 | Waste removal services are inadequate and unequal, Where you live matters
Saulsville is a township on the western extremes of the Tshwane metropolitan municipality. It was established under the apartheid government’s Group Areas Act to house Tsonga and Venda-speaking migrants with permits to work in the city of Pretoria. Saulsville’s black...
