Medialternatives
Reaching out from the Global South
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Hexayurts for Africa
One of the enduring legacies of apartheid seperate development is the shanty towns on our urban periferies constructed ramshackle out of corrugated iron and steel. Shelter is a huge problem even 15 years after democracy and so when a great shelter idea comes around, I invariably get excited. The...
South Africa’s new right-wing
Imitating Eugene Terreblanche?
Stats
450+ spike due to new design ethos
Changing value of the decimal
An indication of how Google views the Rand. One Rand usually equals 100 cents and the decimal point is used to separate Rand from Cents. The voucher pictured here seems to reduce the Rand to 1000 cents by creating a new "decimal" based upon 1000. Seem familiar? Well, this also how Telkom views...
My first Ethical Co-Op Order runs aground
The Ethical CO-OP refuses to honour exchanges made in Talents. Although some of its produce is on offer on CES. Believe it or not, but I have managed to enter into a mutually-beneficial economic exchange using an alternative currency which is based upon the community as opposed to the financial...