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Jaftha Flower Farm: From forced removals to flourishing fields

2 weeks ago | foodformzansi.co.za | Liezl Human

Hundreds of coloured families were forcibly removed from Constantia in the 1960s and ‘70s under the apartheid Group Areas Act but a fifth-generation flower farming family is bringing their rich history to life. Jaftha’s Flower Farm is run by brothers Charles and Malcolm Jaftha, whose family has farmed flowers in the Constantia Valley since the 1800s.
Saving the critically endangered African Penguin

3 weeks ago | groundup.org.za | Liezl Human

The African Penguin is critically endangered. At the current rate, they will be extinct in the wild by 2035, meaning there will be fewer than 50 breeding pairs left. This week conservation organisations hosted a discussion about the declining rates of the African Penguin on World Environment Day. The number of breeding pairs at Stony Point Nature Reserve in Bettyâs Bay halved between 2023 and 2024. There is hope: a recent court settlement protects the penguinsâ fishing zones.
South Africa: Sex Workers Offer Justice Department Help

3 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Liezl Human

Activists want the decriminalisation bill to be fast tracked Sex workers and activists are calling for urgency reviving a bill to decriminalise sex work bill, which is currently being drafted for the second time. On Monday 2 June, members of Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT) and the Asijiki Coalition set up desks and chairs outside the offices of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Cape Town.
Activists offer to help redraft Bill to decriminalise sex work

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Liezl Human

Sex workers and activists set up ‘mock desks’ outside the department in Cape Town in a call to fast-track the Bill. Sex workers and activists are calling for urgency reviving a bill to decriminalise sex work, which is being drafted for the second time. On Monday, 2 June, members of Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (Sweat) and the Asijiki Coalition set up desks and chairs outside the offices of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Cape Town.
Sex workers protest outside justice department offices

3 weeks ago | groundup.org.za | Liezl Human

Sex workers and activists are calling for urgency reviving a bill to decriminalise sex work bill, which is currently being drafted for the second time. On Monday 2 June, members of Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT) and the Asijiki Coalition set up desks and chairs outside the offices of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Cape Town. The mock â€śhelp deskâ€ť was meant to represent sex workers and the DOJ drafting the bill together, with the seat reserved for the DOJ left empty.
South Africa: Global Fund Is $6-Billion Short and May Have to Cut Life-Saving Programmes

3 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Liezl Human

US has cut funding and it's not clear if other donors will meet their pledges The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (Global Fund) has told its recipients that it is cutting funding amidst "significant disruptions" in the "financing landscape for global health programs". Earlier this month, the Global Fund informed its recipient countries that it was going to revise its current grant cycle by mid-June due to funding shortfalls. Over 200 grants will be revised.
Global Fund is $6-billion short and may have to cut life-saving programmes

4 weeks ago | groundup.org.za | Liezl Human

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (Global Fund) has told its recipients that it is cutting funding amidst “significant disruptions” in the “financing landscape for global health programs”. Earlier this month, the Global Fund informed its recipient countries that it was going to revise its current grant cycle by mid-June due to funding shortfalls. Over 200 grants will be revised.
Millions go hungry while food goes to waste

4 weeks ago | healthformzansi.co.za | Liezl Human

“There is nothing for the children to eat when they come home from school,” said Marisa Dirks, a seasonal farmworker from Worcester. She was one of several farmworkers from the Women on Farms Project speaking at an event of the Union Against Hunger (UAH) on Wednesday. They shared their experiences of going hungry during the off-season months when there is no work. In these months, all they can afford is pap.
One in four South Africans don’t have enough food. Activists call for action.

1 month ago | groundup.org.za | Liezl Human

“There is nothing for the children to eat when they come home from school,” said Marisa Dirks, a seasonal farm worker from Worcester. She was one of several farm workers from the Women on Farms Project speaking at an event of the Union Against Hunger (UAH) on Wednesday. They shared their experiences of going hungry during the off-season months when there is no work. In these months, all they can afford is pap.
One in four SAns don’t have enough food, say activits as they call for action

1 month ago | ewn.co.za | Liezl Human

“There is nothing for the children to eat when they come home from school,” said Marisa Dirks, a seasonal farm worker from Worcester. She was one of several farm workers from the Women on Farms Project speaking at an event of the Union Against Hunger (UAH) on Wednesday. They shared their experiences of going hungry during the off-season months when there is no work. In these months, all they can afford is pap.