The Green Times: South Africa’s 2021 recycling heroes announced
Enterprising individuals and organisations across SA are rethinking the recyclability of packaging, educating and uplifting communities, and creating revenue streams among waste reclaimers and SMMEs to boost the circular economy and the environment. From Paarl to Fisantekraal and Zebediela to KwaMhlanga, innovative South Africans are turning recyclable waste into revenue streams, uplifting communities and creating […]
Good News Daily: South Africa’s 2021 recycling heroes have been announced
Enterprising individuals and organisations across SA are rethinking the recyclability of packaging, educating and uplifting communities, and creating revenue streams among waste reclaimers and SMMEs to boost the circular economy and the environment. From Paarl to Fisantekraal and Zebediela to KwaMhlanga, innovative South Africans are turning recyclable waste into revenue streams, uplifting communities and creating […]
GoodThingsGuy: These are the Recycling Heroes of 2021 Awarded for their Efforts
From recycling initiatives promoting education to the top women in recycling; these are the heroes of recycling being given PETCO awards for 2021. South Africa (03 March 2021) – The PETCO Awards recognise leadership and future-thinking across the PET industry and beyond in addressing recycling, reuse and waste minimisation. The PETCO Awards is the premier national […]
Our new field worker Tonio is proud to make a difference
With the growing number of homeless and vulnerable people in Bellville and Parow, social development and upliftment remain a priority for our team – especially since the COVID-19 crisis. We are excited to announce that we have a newly-appointed field worker, Tonio Gantana, who will work together with our field workers Allistair Scholtz and Veronica […]
New field worker joins the VRCID team
The VRCID’s social field workers are from left, Allistair Scholtz, Veronica Geduld and Tonio Gantan. With the growing number of homeless and vulnerable people in Bellville and Parow, social development and upliftment remains a priority for the Voortrekker Road Corridor Improvement District VRCID , the organisation says. Tonio Gantana, a new field worker, has been […]
Mr. Mullins: VRCID’s star cleaner
Many who live and work around the Radio Tygerberg 104FM area here in Parow will know Mr. Peter Mullins, who for the past 8½ years has been on his post daily, cleaning the streets. Peter was supposed to retire five years ago but he refused to do so. At 67 years old, Peter is a shining […]
Successes (and an award!) of 2020 celebrated at our eighth AGM
We suspect this December will be different from last, for most. Aspects of our lives are still altered, and we’re still adjusting to the bits of freedom we’ve got back. Some things, like our AGM, never change. Each year we reflect on what we’ve achieved, how we can improve, and where we’ll put our focus […]
Haweloses treur oor held
Tientalle mense het verlede week die gedenkdiens vir die gemeenskapswerker Jacques Pietersen 55 in die Presbiteriaanse kerk in Bellville bygewoon. Jacques het hoofsaaklik met haweloses gewerk en was die afgelope paar jaar betrokke by onder meer Mes, die organisasie wat met haweloses werk, die Voortrekkerkorridorverbeteringsdistrik VRCID en die Tygerberg Association for Street People Tasp. Hy […]
Haweloses woon gedenkdiens by
Tientalle mense het verlede week die gedenkdiens vir die gemeenskapswerker Jacques Pietersen 55 in die Presbiteriaanse kerk in Bellville bygewoon. Jacques het hoofsaaklik met haweloses gewerk en was die afgelope paar jaar betrokke by onder meer Mes, die organisasie wat met haweloses werk, die Voortrekkerkorridorverbeteringsdistrik VRCID en die Tygerberg Association for Street People Tasp . […]
Solution to library parking
NIELEN DE KLERK There may finally be a solution to the problem of parking at Bellville Library. The City of Cape Town has allocated 10 parking bays for the exclusive use for visitors to the library centre. Three workers from the Expanded Public Works Programme EPWP have been monitoring the parking situation since 20 October. […]
