Pensioner turns rubbish dumps into food gardens
Mama Yumna Beukes has arranged for 32 vegetable gardens to be planted on 'hotspot' pavements which were filled with rubble
22 December 2024 - 00:00
Tackling daily illegal dumping and disinterested residents in the eastern inner-city suburbs of Joburg is not for the faint-hearted. But for pensioner Yumna Beukes — fondly known as Mama Yumna — this is a daily task...
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