Articles for Mpumi Kiva
Homemade alcoholic brew finds a market as prices soar
“People are bored of sitting at home doing nothing”
By Mpumi Kiva
Brief | 19 May 2020
Planting veggies for the hard times ahead
Candy Mayfair of Oudtshoorn has started growing vegetables for the first time in her life
By Mpumi Kiva
Brief | 15 May 2020
Oudtshoorn families accuse municipality of sidelining them for housing
Municipality says plan to provide housing and services to Zone 14 could only start next year
By Mpumi Kiva
Brief | 14 May 2020
“Politicians come and make promises that are never fulfilled” says Oudtshoorn resident
The municipality says there are plans to improve the nearly 20-year-old settlements
By Mpumi Kiva
News | 20 April 2020
Covid-19: Leather business in Oudtshoorn takes strain as tourism plummets
Cheslyn Wagenaar makes belts and sandals at his RDP home with offcuts of crocodile and ostrich skins
By Mpumi Kiva
Brief | 18 April 2020
Covid-19: George residents thankful for its many soup kitchens
About 80 feeding schemes are operating during the lockdown, many from people’s backyards
By Mpumi Kiva
Brief | 7 April 2020
Fed-up after 20 years on a waiting list, gogo builds her own house
Gloria Matebe collected the wood to build her new home from a nearby dumpsite
By Mpumi Kiva
News | 17 January 2020