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Brenda Nkuna

Changing places

Behind a colourful South African beading project is the talented, patient, and outspoken Mathapelo Ngaka Mathapelo Ngaka, 32, has walked a long road from her days selling sweets outside Woodstock station in Cape Town to being a co-director and founder of the award-winning nonprofit organisation, Monkeybiz.

Questions re paper

Recycled paper can save costs and create jobs, but according to the Paper Recycling Association, South Africa only recycles about 57% of paper available for recovery.

Autumn 2007

Brenda Nkuna

Putting the environment on the diary

BRIGHT SPARK 3 More than 800 schools around South Africa have over the last four years received a lively injection of environmental information thanks to an initiative known as the Environment Diary.

Summer 2007

Brenda Nkuna

Bring back the glass milk bottle

Glass bottles are one of the most recycle-friendly materials.

Summer 2007

Brenda Nkuna

Gagging the media

A large number of lobby groups, who purported to be serving the public interest but were funded by coal and oil companies, had successfully confused journalists and the public about the science supporting climate change, delaying action by at least a decade, according to Canadian environmental journalist Stephen Leahy.

Summer 2008

Brenda Nkuna

Tree-preneurs on bikes

Qhubeka is a Zulu word meaning to move forward, which makes it an appropriate name for an organisation that is delivering bicycles to school children while encouraging them to plant trees.

Summer 2008

Brenda Nkuna

Braai ’n sigh

South Africans love to stoke up a fire and slap meat on the sizzling coals, but internationally questions have been raised.

Winter 2007

Brenda Nkuna

Organics online

A Cape Town-based company has taken organic food online, allowing customers to choose an ethical shopping option from the comfort of their own homes.

Spring 2008

Brenda Nkuna