Vanessa Pillay, WIEGO ORP Consultant | Region Africa | Jul 02, 2015
Thulisiwe started working on a dumpsite five years ago for Wetland Recycling a company owned by a white man. However, in 2013 after three years of being subjected to irregular wage...
Vanessa Pillay, WIEGO ORP Consultant | Region Africa | Jul 02, 2015
On 26-27 May 2015, 30 women waste pickers gathered at Community House in Salt River Cape Town. They gathered at a workshop facilitated by WIEGO in partnership with the Internationa...
Joshua Palfreman | Region Africa | May 13, 2015
Abstract Waste recycling in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania is not spearheaded by any government, private or civil society initiative but rather by the efforts of an informal army of self-...
Nandi Vanqa-Mgijima, International Labour Research & Information Group (ILRIG) | Region Africa | Apr 15, 2015
Many men, women and children from working class communities make a living through waste-picking by collecting, sorting, recycling, and selling materials that someone else has throw...
