27 November – Labour

Today we had an interview with Heidi Volkwijn from the League of Friends of the Blind or LOFOB, which is a NGO that is based in Grassy Park and provides a wide range of independence development services to partially sighted and blind people. We spoke to her about their current need for volunteers to assist with driving blind people at night and over weekends. If you want more information or you are interested you can call their offices on (021) 705 3753 or visit their website www.lofob.org.za


We also had Colin Nyoni – Owner of Nyoni’s Kraal which is a restaurant that is said to be a true representation of something that is genuinely South African. Given the latest accolade that he received - it is evidently clear that Colin is on the road to success. Colin has scooped up South Africa’s top award for emerging tourism entrepreneurs. The awards are about recognizing small to medium businesses in tourism and play a major role in job creation. It is the first time that the emerging tourism entrepreneur of the year award has been won by a Western Cape entrepreneur. Interested in their cuisine? Visit them at 98 Long Street, Cape Town or for more information you can contact them on (021) 422 0529 / 0525 or visit their website on www.nyoniskraal.co.za
Picture: www.nyoniskraal.co.za

We then closed today’s edition of Sakhisizwe with Jerry Louw and August Witbooi from the Tygerberg Association for Street People or TASP. They recently launched a job creation project in which the workers have to fix used wooden stacking pallets and sell them to freight companies. August (on the far right) is one of the homeless people helped by TASP and he says this has given him skills that he can now use to have an easier life. If you would like to know more about the project then call TASP on (021) 946 2870 or e-mail Riette Reid to rietter@iafrica.com. You can also contact Riette on 082 853 7456.

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