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Date :08 April 2022Name: Musawenkosi DlaminiPlace : EmpumelelweniMunicipality: EmalahleniProvince: Mpumalanga We all learn everyday. Learning and developing a skill is the most essential thing one must consider because of the high rise of food in the supermarkets. Learning happens everyday.I started a garden in my backyard which I will benefit […]
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08 April 2022Musawenkosi DlaminiEmpumelelweniEmalahleniMpumalanga Water on the way The project initially started late last year were there was digging and putting of pipes, which was fast though even the was uncertainties that the project will be finished. Empumelelweni community has been there for years but the development is slow, the […]
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Community Monitors Video on Living near a Mine
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-The municipal council is by law responsible to make a waste management plan and to implement the plan. They should do this urgently, -The big supper markets as well as the spaza shops are also responsible because they make money buy selling goods wrapped in plastic , or they don’t […]
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A Community Monitors Investigation into the Waste Crisis in Sekhukhune, October – November 2021 The Constitution and the Law The Constitution of South Africa, in the Bill of Rights in section 24 , Chapter 2, of our country says that we have the right to live in an environment that […]
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A Community Monitors Investigation into the Waste Crisis in Sekhukhune, October – November 2021 Interviews with family and neigbours Each of the monitors in our team spoke with family and neighbours about they dumping . Here is a summary of what they said ·Why we dump All of them said […]
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A Community Monitors Investigation into the Waste Crisis in Sekhukhune, October – November 2021 The only waste collection system that we see is Dumpsters on the main rood . Trucks collect the waste from these dumpsters and and take them to landfills . We investigated to check why this system […]
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A Community Monitors Investigation into the Waste Crisis in Sekhukhune, October – November 2021 In our investigation we observed two items that made up a large part of the items dumped . This was Diapers and Bottles . We realised that the large amounts of dumping these items , was […]
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A Community Monitors Investigation into the Waste Crisis in Sekhukhune, October – November 2021 . What Items are dumped ? Waste from Homes – Plastic bottles (water, cold drinks , juices, cooking oil bottles) -Plastic ( detergents, medicines and cosmetics, toothpaste tubes) –Plastic bags from supermarkets and spaza shops –Milk […]
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We went around our villages and took geo located photos with our cell phones , to show how and where people got rid of their waste . We used these pictures and the map to help us understand what people dumped and how this would affect their health and the […]
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