by Chelsea | Nov 8, 2024 | Blog, Latest Updates, Projects, Sustainable Livelihood Initiatives
Every week we showcase a community that is doing well in their sustainable livelihood initiative by posting under #LocalityFriday on our online media. This week, we are excited to showcase our Social Employment Fund eco-warriors in Thembelihle informal settlement. The...
by Chelsea | Nov 5, 2024 | Blog, Latest Updates, Research Reports, Responsive Living Environments
Our Senior Programme Coordinator, Mike Makwela, has co-authored an article on the ‘Planned stitching, practical suturing: assembling community voices and mobilisation across difference in Johannesburg’s corridors of freedom.’ Makwela co-authored the article with Dr...
by Chelsea | Oct 23, 2024 | Blog, Latest Updates, Sustainable Livelihood Initiatives
No land? No problem is the motto in Jumpers Informal Settlement, one of our Social Employment Fund localities in the City of Johannesburg. The Food Security team in Jumpers is not letting the barriers of access to land stop them from recycling old materials to grow...
by Chelsea | Oct 22, 2024 | Blog, Events, Latest Updates, Strengthened Grassroots Voices
Please join us for a robust discussion that dives into the importance of participatory democracy and its significance in the sphere of local governance. Date – 31 October 2024 Time – 10:00am Venue – Planact, Maths Centre Building, 28 Juta Street,...
by Chelsea | Oct 17, 2024 | Blog, Latest Updates, Projects, Strengthened Grassroots Voices
Planact developed a methodology of working closely with individual settlements to build trust and working relationships with communities that over time led to a restructuring of capacity and resources. It was through this strategic shift, that the Cluster of Community...