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...
Musa Chamane (GroundWORK, Friends of the Earth) | Region Africa | Mar 19, 2015
After waiting for three years for the construction of a materials recycling facility (MRF) at the New England Road landfill site in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal approximately fi...
Fourth Wall Books | Region Africa | Mar 05, 2015
They’re a familiar sight in Johannesburg—a procession of people, usually men, balaclavas drawn over faces against the cold, hauling mountains of recyclable stuff on homemade tr...
groundWORK/SAWPA | Region Africa | Dec 08, 2014
Approximately 500 waste recyclers or pickers will take to the streets of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, this week Thursday, December 11th, 2014, after three years of waiting for t...