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Cape Town’s Street Sleeper wins gold with recycled PVC sleeping bags

October 15, 2017 Leave a Comment

Recycling used billboards made from end of life PVC banners not only help keep thousands of homeless city dwellers warm and dry, but has now also received the recognition it deserves from South Africa’s plastic recycling fraternity by walking away with a Gold Award in the category “Novel and Artistic Products” during the South African Plastic Recyclers Organisation (SAPRO) Best … [Read more...]

Malawi faces ‘unprecedented’ flood disaster

January 23, 2015 Leave a Comment

The waters may be receding and the rainfall subsiding but Malawi is only now coming to terms with the "unprecedented" floods that hit the southern half of the country last week. At least 176 people lost their lives and another 200,000 have been displaced when heavy rains submerged homes, schools, and in places, washing away an entire village. The Malawi Defence Force has … [Read more...]

67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day

July 17, 2014 Leave a Comment

When you think of knitting, what comes to mind? A grey-haired dear? Think again! Knitting is now hip and is being done, en masse, for a good cause. 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day started as a challenge but has quickly grown into what some are calling a movement. It’s captured the attention of the Minister of Arts & Culture, Paul Mashatile, Hugh Masekela, Angela … [Read more...]

Footprint of a street person

November 3, 2011 Leave a Comment

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Peter is 60, lying under an oak tree with his head on a small bag containing his worldly possessions. I've greeted him many times when out on a run; today I stop and ask him his story. 'I grew up in the Karoo and went to a Catholic school with German nuns. When I came to Cape Town I worked in a candle factory in Observatory until it closed down in 1994. I couldn't get another … [Read more...]

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