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Mealie Cooks Part 2: Evolving Infrastructure
Rebecca Plumbley This blog post is the 2nd part of the story of the Mealie Cooks; read part 1 here. The cooking process of mealies
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Mealie Cooks Part 1: “There’s fire in my system”
Rebecca Plumbley As a popular, low-cost, carbohydrate fast-food mealie (corn-on-the-cob) cooking has a long history in Warwick and its surrounds. Like many other activities in
Occupational Health & Safety
“Qeda usizi” end [our] suffering: improving the lives of street cooks – Part 2
Phumelele Mkhize and Trang Luu (follow on from Part 1) The horizontal stove design emerged as an option from the MIT D-Lab, as an iteration
Occupational Health & Safety
“Qeda usizi” end our suffering: improving the lives of street cooks – Part 1.
Phumelele Mkhize and Trang Luu Freshly cooked mealies (corn-on-the-cob) are an essential Durban street food staple – they’re healthy, affordable and conveniently accessible to the local commuter
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Informal Workers’ Seasonal Vulnerability
Rebecca Plumbley Several variables have an impact on the livelihoods of informal workers- one such factor that Asiye eTafuleni has noted is the implications of
