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Monday, 12 October 2009 |
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It has been over a month since the first seeds were planted in the eThekwini Municipality city hall food garden (more on the project here). The attached pictures show how the plants are progressing. The growth of the plants has been excellent, which is expected in this rainy season. A few plants have been taken during the night and the cabbages are being attacked by a pest. The team working on the garden are trying to identify an appropriate organic solution for the cabbages. The management team is also going to meet in the near future to decide on when to harvest the plants. As some of the plants are being taken, an option is to harvest earlier than planned to ensure that TAFTA (the project beneficiary) receive a substantial harvest.
Please post us comment and good ideas that you may have below.
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Friday, 09 October 2009 |
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The Imagine Durban Project in partnership
with Durban Industry Climate Change Project is launching a business electricity
saving competition. This competition is an opportunity for businesses to
participate in a five month long process that will involve monitoring their
current electricity use, identifying electricity efficiency interventions,
implementing those interventions and then monitoring the effectiveness of the
interventions.
The winning business and four runners up
will be profiled in a four page pullout that will be published in the Metro
Ezasegagasini in April 2010. The Metro Ezasegagasini is distributed throughout
Durban. R50 000 worth energy efficiency & renewable energy products will
also be donated to a school chosen by the winning business. This R50,000 prize
has been sponsored by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation.
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Thursday, 08 October 2009 |
Many people in Umbumbulu are not working at the moment. Some have decided to open their own small businesses so that they can earn money for food, clothing and other essentials.
The easiest business to open is a street-vendor one as all you need to have is a table on the side of the street. Here you can sell fruit, sweets, fatkoek or fried-chips to the people who are passing by This can be a steady income as people are buying stuff like this everyday but you must make sure that you sell a product that is in demand in that specific area and also something that not too many other people are selling.
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Thursday, 08 October 2009 |
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Life Lessons Development Institute (LLDI) is a joint initiative between Vibe FM and Sotobe Projects. LLDI is the brainchild of Futhi Sibiya, a
businessman who currently runs his own company (Sotobe Projects). This
initaitive is aimed at giving the youth of KwaMashu guidence through
life. Futhi explains that the opening of the new community radio station at
KwaMashu (Vibe FM) is a blessing to him because finally he can live his
dream of becoming a mentor to the young people of KwaMashu.
Because
of the many experiances that Futhi has had in life, he qualifies as a
suitable candidate to give guidences to the youth of KwaMashu. While
he was studying he also worked for the Post Office and after graduating
he became a business consultant and than started his own business.
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