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Aug 3, 2024 | 
foodformzansi.co.za | Lucas Nowicki
The police could never shut down the trade of dagga from Mpondoland. But the gradual decriminalisation of cannabis, ironically, has posed a bigger existential threat to these small farmers than law enforcement did. While anti-cannabis laws were enforced, there was a ready market for dagga grown in remote Eastern Cape villages.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
news24.com | Lucas Nowicki
Farmers have grown cannabis in the valleys of Eastern Mpondoland in villages like Dikidikini for over 100 years. But this once valuable illicit cash-crop now yields barely enough for farmers to buy basic groceries to get their family through the month. The decriminalisation of cannabis means it is now very difficult for small-scale farmers to compete with more sophisticated operations. For more financial news, go to the News24 Business front page.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
bizcommunity.com | Lucas Nowicki |Evan-Lee Courie
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It does not matter where you live on earth, you need safe, drinkable water to survive. To sustain their lives and flourish, humans, animals, and plants need quality water to consume, clean air to breathe, bearable temperatures, and habitable environments.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
bizcommunity.com | Nokulunga Majola |Steve Kretzmann |Lucas Nowicki
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The municipal sewage works is one of the main pollution sources. The Umgeni River mouth is a popular recreation area in Durban, but is chronically polluted by sewage. Photo: Nokulunga Majola / GroundUp The Umgeni River in Durban has sewage pollution at levels thousands of times above the maximum allowed amount. The municipality says this is because of overflows from sewers blocked by residents dumping foreign objects down the drains.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
groundup.org.za | Lucas Nowicki
Residents of Masiphumelele were taking stock of the damage on Friday afternoon following days of gale winds and rain. More than 4,500 households in the informal settlement were seriously affected. Monica Ntonzini, who was scooping water out of her home, said her ceiling and floor were badly damaged by the weather, which only made the flooding worse. “I have no other choice but to stay here. I don’t have anywhere else to go,” said Ntonzini, who lives with her two children.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
foodformzansi.co.za | Lucas Nowicki
It’s 7am in Cwebeni, a small village near Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape, and 42-year-old Nonkqubela Mpumapi is preparing to trek four kilometres to harvest honey deep in the mangrove forests. Mpumapi is a member of the Sise Cwebeni Bee Farming Cooperative, formed in 2010 by eight villagers from Cwebeni. To visit their beehives, members of the cooperative have to walk through the Mngazana mangroves, the third largest mangrove forest in South Africa, where the hives are located.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Lucas Nowicki
GROUNDUP Members of the Cwebeni cooperative trek four kilometres to harvest honey deep in the forests of the Wild Coast. It’s 7am in Cwebeni, a small village near Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape, and 42-year-old Nonkqubela Mpumapi is preparing to trek four kilometres to harvest honey deep in the mangrove forests. Mpumapi is a member of the Sise Cwebeni Bee Farming Cooperative, formed in 2010 by eight villagers from Cwebeni.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
goodthingsguy.com | Lucas Nowicki |Ashleigh Nefdt
Members of the Cwebeni cooperative trek four kilometres to harvest honey deep in the forests of the Wild CoastCwebeni, South Africa (19 June 2024) — It’s 7 am in Cwebeni, a small village near Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape, and 42-year-old Nonkqubela Mpumapi is preparing to trek four kilometres to harvest honey deep in the mangrove forests. Mpumapi is a member of the Sise Cwebeni Bee Farming Cooperative, formed in 2010 by eight villagers from Cwebeni.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
groundup.org.za | Lucas Nowicki
Itâs 7am in Cwebeni, a small village near Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape, and 42-year-old Nonkqubela Mpumapi is preparing to trek four kilometres to harvest honey deep in the mangrove forests. Mpumapi is a member of the Sise Cwebeni Bee Farming Cooperative, formed in 2010 by eight villagers from Cwebeni. To visit their beehives, members of the cooperative have to walk through the Mngazana mangroves, the third largest mangrove forest in South Africa, where the hives are located.
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May 17, 2024 | 
goodthingsguy.com | Lucas Nowicki |Ashleigh Nefdt
The Human Rights Commission has recommended that child malnutrition in the province be declared a disasterEastern Cape, South Africa (17 May 2024) — It’s about 3 pm in Cwebeni, a small village near Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape, and children and their mothers are lining up for what might be their only meal of the day. Over a wood fire, four massive cast iron pots are filled to the brim with umngqusho (samp and beans), vegetables, and rice.
