Mealie Cooks Facility Clean-Up Campaign

Tasmi Quazi On 12 August 2015, with the help of Asiye Etafuleni (AeT), Mealie Cook representatives and eThekwini Municipality’s Durban Solid Waste (DSW) Educational & Waste Minimisation Department, three 1st year Durban Institute of Technology (DUT) students from Public Relations Management implemented a community event which was a clean-up campaign at the Mealie Cooks facility, as … Read more

The Informal Workers Health Project

Written by Laura Alfers. Photo-compilation by Tasmi Quazi. Asiye eTafuleni (AeT) has recently collaborated on a three country project which focused on the access of informal workers to health services. The project was led by Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), and also included partners in Thailand (HomeNet Thailand) and India (SEWA – … Read more

Bringing health services into an informal workplace in Warwick Junction

Laura Alfers & Phumzile Xulu Over the last few months, Asiye eTafuleni (AeT) has been working with its partners, Women in Informal Employment: Globalising and Organising (WIEGO) and the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Department of Occupational and Environmental Health (UKZN DOEH), to run health assessments together with various trader organisations in Warwick Junction. Over the course … Read more

Workplace safety with informal workers: Be safe with us

 Laura Alfers and Tasmi Quazi In isiZulu “phephanathi” means “be safe with us.” The Phephanathi Project aims to make the informal trading area of Warwick Junction more secure and healthy for traders, customers and people passing through, and the officials who manage it. The project is a partnership between Asiye eTafuleni, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing … Read more