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Mdantsane is a unique, vibrating, eclectic, African place. Follow us on a pilgrimage to Mdantsane to discover the street culture, fashion, food, people, music, homes, taverns, humor, businesses, history and what's hot in the second biggest township in South-Africa, located close to the city of East London in the Province of the Eastern Cape. Join us on this journey while we capture the spirit of this amazing place for you in the here and in the now. We are going to introduce you to many individuals, artists, musicians, groups and associations.
They are the HEROES OF DAILY LIFE. They are the people who create, innovate and improve their life and their stories deserve to be told. This is a place for only good and positive stories of humanity, that will send out a message of courage, endurance and strength to the world through their pictures and words.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

How To Improve Your Livelihood The Old Fashioned Way



There goes the saying: " Good advice is rare. Or: "Good advice is hard to find."
By this we mean really good advice, advice that is tailored to your needs and that helps you. It is hard to find when life is good and seems to run smooth. But in times of hardship good advice is even more complicated to find. 
We do have times of hardship now because if we believe what the statistics tell us, then only every fourth person out of ten people is employed in South Africa. So what are the other six doing? And the families of the other six. If we think about this, we understand the pressure that rests on the four out of the ten who have jobs because you are never alone in life. There are the ones around you who need you.  




In hard times many look back to the lessons of the past. How others have done it before us.They have chosen a simple but laborious formula. If food gets to expensive and you can not afford to buy it anymore in the shops then it is the time to start planting a garden.




Driving through the sections of Mdantsane you can see kitchen gardens sprout everywhere.


The ground appears to be hard but people work on it hard. Improvised irrigation systems with empty plastic bottles are created.


And after a couple of weeks, spinach, cabbage and carrots land on the table. It works. And most of it has been organically grown.


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