By installing battery-operated smoke detectors, an innovator in Khayelitsha is making homes safer for shack dwellers underserved by firefighters who battle with blocked access. At the end of 2018, as the days grew hotter and the Cape wind began to bluster, Mzuvukile Monco went to Town
Mzuvukile Monco, 26, has thus far installed 10 smoke alarms in shacks in the Endlovini informal settlement and paid for it from his own pocket. He joins Kieno Kammies on air to talk about how he is trying to prevent fatal and tragic fires in
He is now attempting to grow the smoke detector project into one where other youths in Khayelitsha can also learn how to install smoke detectors and earn some money. So far, he has installed 10 smoke detectors, and he’s hoping that many more will be
A Khayelitsha man’s fear of shack fires and the devastation they bring has inspired him to initiate a project which he hopes might get funding to not only save lives, but also employ youth in the area. Mzuvukile Monco, 26, has thus far installed 10 smoke
Khayelitsha DJ Mzuvukile Monco, tired of having doors being slammed in his face, has now started his own bedroom radio station. He is the brains behind Radio Khaltsha and has been running his boudoir show for two years in a row and has a listenership of
