https://www.1955.co.za/blog daily 0.75 2020-11-15 https://www.1955.co.za/blog/our-film-trailer-is-out monthly 0.5 2020-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1598384665036-06LXIJAILFYQPA7SZLV4/Screen+Shot+2020-08-25+at+11.36.32+AM.png Blog - Our film trailer is out! https://www.1955.co.za/blog/were-making-a-documentary-film-solidarity-revealing-the-everyday-lived-reality-of-covid-19-in-kliptown-soweto monthly 0.5 2020-07-26 https://www.1955.co.za/blog/kliptown-superheroes-take-up-fight-against-covid-19-in-service-of-thenbsppeople monthly 0.5 2020-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1593490425017-XUA4QVHV5HNZTB2T17UR/Screen+Shot+2020-06-29+at+9.13.15+PM.png Blog - We’re published! “Kliptown superheroes take up fight against Covid-19 in service of the people” https://www.1955.co.za/blog/0vhmy0r3iwisd3gy38khcs1t0y2g6b monthly 0.5 2020-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1586898928645-QV0W37SG4BWUV11NG291/DSC_0033+2.JPG Blog - A bit of history on 1955: where our ideas come from Union Rd, Kliptown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1586663446955-KTTGLN3R3Q3YMCA20YLG/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_1992.jpg Blog - A bit of history on 1955: where our ideas come from Kliptown’s contrasts are reflected here in the cultural roots of Thabang’s graffiti and the poverty of its canvas (photo courtesy of Kornienko, 2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1586899002684-YIXP06U4VMMP5YY0SYC2/DSC_0125.JPG Blog - A bit of history on 1955: where our ideas come from Use of found materials, Kliptown https://www.1955.co.za/blog/w24cj2wu0bnvwe6ck8vj37wtceax7x monthly 0.5 2020-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1586897597351-UGW5WGLDBBFCSM7V0FMU/8.jpeg Blog - Make a plastic face shield from a 2L bottle and a cap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1586897631660-DVZBF7SP8N9YQLNDEBGM/9.jpeg Blog - 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Make a plastic face shield from a 2L bottle and a cap remember that you will actually be using the bottle upside, the curve at the top of the bottle becomes the tight fit around your chin at the bottom of the mask https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1587000082559-1QSB9H6G6XBSEM8FCB2J/WhatsApp+Image+2020-04-15+at+1.23.09+PM.jpeg Blog - Make a plastic face shield from a 2L bottle and a cap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1586897841214-40488486BVZW5CS9R7SB/16.jpeg Blog - Make a plastic face shield from a 2L bottle and a cap https://www.1955.co.za/podcast daily 0.75 2020-05-03 https://www.1955.co.za/podcast/blog-post-title-one-8hle2 monthly 0.5 2019-07-10 https://www.1955.co.za/communityradio daily 0.75 2020-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1588576613798-R2GP0FGP6Z58Y0ZP8MA8/img_4196_2.jpg Radio 1955 - The story. Radio 1955 is a reference to South Africa’s Freedom Charter and our belief that it’s tenets remain the way forward. Starting a Kliptown community radio station is a longtime dream of 1955’s co-founder Thabang (a former news and sports reader on EldosFM) and his friends. We envision the station as a voice from and to the people of this community, a voice for everyone. Increasingly access to information requires access to the internet, for Kliptown residents this is an obstacle. Such obstacles create boundaries, limitations. Today, instead of boundaries we need solidarity. We see a local radio station’s programming as a point of access. It can inform and respond to local issues, discuss critical social topics, and showcase local talents. It becomes a way to break down boundaries. Our vision: the station will collaborate with local musicians, comedians, filmmakers, dancers, actors, journalists, and… to harness the power of art-based communication and develop creative programming. The programming: we have the relationships in place to partner with community leadership and residents to create real community participation. Identified areas for programming: Community development, addressing Kliptown’s urgent housing and basic service provision needs; High unemployment, a resource for mentorship, skills training and job search; Education, childhood reading on the airways and broadcasting education opportunities for all ages; From the residents: Kliptown needs a place to laugh at the joys and cry at the tragedies of our own lives, to be informed on key community issues. photo courtesy of Nkwanyana, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1586895789244-40AV797JFMMTBVMOCVUU/DSC_0093+2.JPG Radio 1955 - The history. Famously, Kliptown is the place where over 3,000 people met in 1955 for the Congress of the People. They came to hear the reading and witness the signing of South Africa’s Freedom Charter. The community itself dates back to 1902 when it was one of Johannesburg’s few thriving multiracial, multicultural neighbourhoods. Stories of the “old days” can still be heard in the reminiscences of the community’s elders and seen as their faces light up at the memories of those by-gone times. In contrast, today, Kliptown’s physical architecture - Charlotte Maxeke’s home, Mandela’s hideout, Gerald Sekoto’s yellow house, the Sans Souci Bioscope to name a few - and the shacks that have grown up around them are crumbling and collapsing. And as the elders point out, the human toll of that collapse can be seen in the streets. photo courtesy of Kornienko, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1588576694553-M6D4UOKET933SOCE2IMK/view+FCS+to+WS+square+copy.jpeg Radio 1955 - But as Thabang, Ginger and Robert know from lived experience, there is much more to the story of this struggling community as a place. In addition, Robert, Thabang and Kristen have collaborated for seven years on research around Kliptown’s built environment. These stories from Kliptown are rarely heard. Radio 1955 seeks to give them a voice. photos courtesy of Kornienko, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1588576656798-7GKTJS3Y1KJ1Z4S4N3ZU/WS+Square+copy.jpeg Radio 1955 - The community. On the surface the community’s contrast is striking. The vast emptiness of the monumental architecture of the Walter Sisulu Square stands at odds with the density of the zinc shacks and their people just meters away. In 2005, a vibrant, dirt market space was transformed into a monument to the anti apartheid stalwart Walter Sisulu. In November 2019, it was made a National Heritage Site. Traders are not allowed to use the square. Kliptown’s once tight-knit population has been divided and designated into 13 separate “informal settlements”. The areas are being renamed and social cohesion lost. Crime is on the rise. Many older women no longer want to leave their homes. Young people feel that there is nothing for them. The community is losing its sense of oneness, and with it its sense of hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1586879047573-96TMFTN9XK8P0QPO20JN/Radio+1955+station+site.jpg Radio 1955 - The station. The location for the broadcast booth is in Freedom Charter Square squatter camp. The site was decided on in partnership with the community’s leadership. Despite the dense living conditions, this small space had long been identified as a place to establish a social resource for the community. It sits on the physical and emotional edge between the planned and the occupied spaces of the city. Here, it will become a landmark reflecting the tension between these two parts of the local neighbourhood. We hope that it will contribute to bringing them together. map courtesy of City of Johannesburg, 2019 annotated by author https://www.1955.co.za/plasticwaste daily 0.75 2024-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1588576811098-0YRJXRBERC6EF377CRAW/DSC_0066.jpg local waste plastic - The waste. Kliptown has no regular waste pick up and no public waste bins. The waste is dropped, swept up, burned, clogging storm water pipes, floating away in the Klipspruit River. It is a danger to children playing in the streets. It is dis-empowering to the residents. photo courtesy of Kornienko, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1585881690335-C8PLMA7Q86P5F3IE44FH/WhatsApp+Image+2020-03-11+at+6.57.26+AM.jpeg local waste plastic - The plastic. We see the local plastics as a raw material. With innovative upcycling applications, it will transform the community, clean up the environment and be good for business. photo courtesy of Nkwanyana, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/49a6795e-73b6-4123-a6b1-5984d4855e6c/WhatsApp+Image+2024-09-05+at+7.31.48+AM+%282%29.jpeg local waste plastic - The crew. We’re already at it. Our crew is collecting, washing and cutting PET plastic bottles for our first project. Here we see Robert and Ginger preparing plastic waste bottles for shipment to The Rogerie where it will be processed to pellets and then melted to become 3D printer filament. Our goal is that the entire process will be done in Kliptown. But it isn’t just about our crew, it’s about bringing the community with us. Buying from the local recyclers at a better price, creating jobs for unemployed women and men. photo courtesy of Nkwanyana, 2020 . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1586899602178-3I6WOYU2PH74NJGG4FH3/DSC_0050.JPG local waste plastic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/b2e11248-a332-4c11-8d55-51a7963eaee9/collector.jpg local waste plastic - The collaboration. Ubuntu is our way. When we need to expand our resources or abilities, we don’t ask, can you give us… We say these are our skills and resources, how can we help you? Let’s collaborate. With this shifted narrative, we are currently collaborating locally with residents who collect plastics around the neighbourhood and those who collect around the city. Currently, grannies who collect bottles but can’t make it to the recycle depot sell to a middleman for a much reduced income. We buy at the depot rate. We are collaborating locally with local artists, SITI Paint, the first Black owned paint company in South Africa and internationally with The Rogerie, a waste plastic and 3D print facility. Initiatives include: community murals with waste plastic bottle caps working with The Rogerie to transform Kliptown’s local waste plastic into 3D printer filament and plastic buckets. The collaboration: 1955 is selling washed and shredded PET plastic waste to The Rogerie. The Rogerie is designing a production line to be implemented in Kliptown that will employ local residents. 1955 is working to produce the plastic paint buckets and roller trays using injection moulds from local waste HDPE and PVC plastics for SITI Paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/275e1f9a-2850-4e40-b3ea-baf8577932d9/WhatsApp+Image+2024-09-04+at+9.41.46+PM+%281%29.jpeg local waste plastic Collaborators: Soweto-based artists, Canadian-based company The Rogerie produces 3D printed from 100% of their local waste plastic and South Africa's first Black founded and fully owned paint company SITI Paints (photos courtesy of Nkwanyana, 2021, 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/acb86521-1199-47ed-8cfd-6833f43da188/WhatsApp+Image+2021-11-29+at+2.04.17+PM.jpg local waste plastic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/0b47e153-5e91-4b61-b9ca-9541fec8af5c/Screen+Shot+2021-11-13+at+12.52.10+AM.png local waste plastic https://www.1955.co.za/supportcommunities daily 0.75 2022-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1587106739847-2WHPFNC3TQJN146FD857/WhatsApp+Image+2020-04-16+at+10.15.11+AM.jpeg Kliptown Combating Covid-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1587106713739-OX0BM38RGZA2I5D4XF8T/WhatsApp+Image+2020-04-16+at+10.15.12+AM.jpeg Kliptown Combating Covid-19 Key equipment and supplies already in use in our pilot project: 13 commercial compressor sprayers 5% Bleach hand soap photos courtesy of Nkwanyana, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1585467155388-YLW9DODU5WV27GVKOJWE/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_1915.jpg Kliptown Combating Covid-19 - Where we started: a shared toilet is a high risk space during the Covid -19 outbreak. In Kliptown, on average seven households use a single chemical toilet. These toilets are emptied twice a week. Health experts now know that the Covid-19 virus can be spread by cough/sneeze airborne droplets, touching contaminated surfaces, and in feces. The Covid-19 virus remains infectious on metal for about 50 hours and on plastic for about 70 hours (Tedder, April 2020). These science based facts make the poorly ventilated and crowded toilets high risk sites for virus transmission. photo courtesy of Nkwanyana, 2020 Collaborate: 6L Compressor Sprayer: R1550, C$120 12L Compressor Sprayer: R1795, C$140 5% Bleach 25L: R280, C$22 Nitrile gloves: R40, C$3 . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1587181271569-FM77FHCOSW7X3IAH4CKW/BHAB6804.jpeg Kliptown Combating Covid-19 - “Hand washing and keeping common surfaces clean and disinfected are critical efforts to prevent coronavirus infections. This becomes even more urgent in dense communities where consistent physical distancing isn’t possible”. Carlyn Collins, M.D., M.P.H. from our 1955 team 1955 initiated a collaboration between medical experts, community leadership and our heroic crew on the ground. We input the latest scientific research and health updates and information on Covid-19. Focusing on the most vulnerable members of the community, we are supporting over 180 people with soap and toilet tissue. We are currently working with community leaders to set up public hand washing stations in key locations. The grannies have embraced our efforts, many are setting up hand washing stations to keep the virus out of their homes. photo courtesy of Nkwanyana, 2020 Collaborate: Toilet tissue (48 rolls): R100, C$8 Liquid hand soap 25L: R850, C$65 Bar soap (144 bars): R530, C$40 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1596142681053-OOO686G1RZBLCJTSG4JO/2020-07-27+1-2+copy.jpg Kliptown Combating Covid-19 - We have recently acquired an infrared thermometer and ask key, basic health questions to access those we assist and our own crew. photo courtesy of Mahlamvu, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1587066760524-AOWYCNWBF4O41W39JMJ0/WhatsApp+Image+2020-04-16+at+7.51.29+AM+%281%29.jpeg Kliptown Combating Covid-19 - Designing and making PPEs: We collaborate with local businesses. Nhlanhla, from Kliptown’s Sasi Upholstery and Design, is using his skills to design and sew personal protective equipment (PPEs) for our front line crew. He has now begun designing and sewing face shields and face masks for the community. We are sourced the plastic bottles for the face shields and for decanting the liquid hand soap from local recyclers who have no income during the Covid-19 lockdown. photos courtesy of Nkwanyana, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7ffe5004d489502430e3c9/1587107657996-H7WC8YQB8Q87PGFI17HG/2c703312-def2-4ca8-940c-d1aed12ded9e.jpeg Kliptown Combating Covid-19 - Kliptown residents helping fellow residents. Our 1955 crew delivers much needed supplies. We mix the bleach solution and spray toilets. We train others to spray and to develop health-safe work habits. We share critical health information and updates on Covide-19. W We have recently acquired an infrared thermometer and ask key, basic health questions to access those we assist and our own crew. We applaud the programs put in place by the President Ramaphosa and the national government. When possible we are facilitating access to the Gauteng provincial government food parcel project and the SASSA Social Relief of Distress Grant. The government food parcel project and application for the grant require a phone or email, many in Kliptown don’t have these resources. 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