On 27 January 2011, Asiye eTafuleni was alerted through local newspapers, [download id=”4″] and the [download id=”5″], about a violent scuffle between South African Police Service (SAPS) officials and traders on the 26th of January at the site from which they operate, in the central markets of the Workshop Shopping Centre. The chairperson of the … Read more
As an Imagine Durban Demonstration Project, we the implementing organisation, Asiye eTafuleni, were asked to showcase the Inner city Cardboard Recycling Project at the Sustainable City Exhibition held between 13-15th of August 2010 at the ICC Exhibition Centre. Asiye eTafuleni used this platform to showcase the processes of the project including the proposed trolleys, equipments … Read more
On 14 October 2010, the International Centre for Eye care Education (ICEE) celebrated this year’s World Site Day (WSD) by providing free eye care examinations to the informal workers of Warwick Junction and the inner-city area. WSD is an annual day of awareness to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment. It serves as … Read more
It has been widely recognised that Warwick Junction is a very unique asset exhibiting the only markets of such size and diversity available anywhere across South Africa, which allows tourists exposure to an authentic African experience. Subsequently, the Markets of Warwick Project has been initiated in 2010 by the local traders, in the Warwick Junction … Read more
Working in Warwick: Including Street Traders in Urban Plans was recently launched by authors Richard Dobson and Caroline Skinner (Programme Director, Urban Policies, WIEGO). The book documents the lessons learned from the Warwick Junction Project, an inner city renewal initiative which sensitively integrated street traders into the cityscape. Working in Warwick offers a fresh look … Read more
Asiye eTafuleni has been commissioned by eThekwini Municipality through its Imagine Durban Demonstration Fund, a joint initiative between the Municipality and Sustainable Cities, a Vancouver based NGO (Canada) to implement inner city cardboard recycling project. The project is aimed at testing methods of improving the livelihoods of informal cardboard recyclers and better manage the cardboard … Read more
The clean up campaign of the Warwick Junction area, which ran on 12th May 2010 between 9am to 1pm, was an initiative under the rubric of ‘Warwick Traders Preparing for Kickoff 2010’. As final preparation to ready the area, the traders embarked on this clean up campaign to ensure that all markets are ready to … Read more
