Posts Tagged ‘Alexandra township’

DATE: 29 AUGUST 2011 VENUE: MC WEILER PRIMARY SCHOOL We as Siyakhona went to the MC Weiler Primary school to screen the rats’ call to action film for 250 learners. We were truly amazed by the way the kids responded to our call for them to join the Siyakhona Initiative to get rid of the [...]

They are big with different kinds of colors. They don’t care about life as long as they get something to eat. You will find them everywhere, but they stay in a township called Alexandra yes I am talking about Rats. Others may take rats and mice and make them their pets but for us people [...]

They spoke about solutions as to how we could build a sanitarily clean and crime-free township, and luckily the audience really felt the need to stand as one and fight these battles together as a community. And we as Hillside Digital were content to realize that we have given a voice to Alexandra Township and the township has a voice found through Siyakhona and Hillside Digital.

I decided to go and check on him. I found him trying to get into the car and noticed that he had been stabbed.

The concept of mobilizing the community through citizen journalism will be an inspiration to raise solutions for many other issues that exist in the community.