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PHOTO: <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Kumalo explained that the recycling project, which began a year ago, attracts local skills in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is one of the successful projects where there is recycling and food gardening where we try and attract the local skills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou would be surprised how much skills we have in this community, among the poor people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recycling business model is \u201cdifferent to others\u201d as anyone who participates works for themselves and is \u201cnot a boss\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am very passionate about recycling because it is where mass employment is possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou can have these recycling centres and adopt the model of the Back to Work campaign and I\u2019m sure we would be able to push back this extreme poverty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople will not become so desperate in order to buy bread or something for the children.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_c3583a2e\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10438\/d2084ebd8fb64e9fa817e9c640807bff.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/25388765ff8e4073931c73dc090b2019.jpg\" title=\"A truck arriving with recyclables in Xakabantu informal settlement.PHOTO: \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">A truck arriving with recyclables in Xakabantu informal settlement.PHOTO: <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The recyclables are collected across Cape Town, from Fish Hoek to the city centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is not just rubbish, there are jobs that can come from it and people can survive from it. There\u2019s also a responsibility from the campaign\u2019s side not to only educate our community that benefit but the communities that can participate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shiyaam Fredericks (37), an unemployed mother of five from Hillview, says the project helps her to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is very difficult to find a full-time job and what makes it harder is that I lost my ID documents. I must still get money together for an ID, which costs around R140 but the money I make with recycling I use for food.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mom adds that the initiative ensures that she has money to buy food for her children every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe work here to make money to survive because we don\u2019t have jobs that we can go to every day. We help uncle Mike every day and he provides the work. 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