Where is the amanzi?

June 29, 2008 at 8:54 am | In On site, Tuesday June the 17th | Leave a Comment

Early Tuesday morning the bus departed from Tugwell to Wallacedene with four of our team members since Bulumko and Marc missed the bus. We eagerly arrived at the site offices, ticked of our equipment and headed to our awaiting raft foundations. We and the T- Barney’s where directed to four foundations where we started transporting the cement blocks into piles on the different slabs. The excitement soon faded away and we realized this was going to be hard work! Then we started waiting for the water… When the water arrived the vigorous tasks of mixing Daga (mortar) started. Sand, cement, lime and water was a back breaker. Click on any picture below in the gallery to read a description.

Lets play house! – Friday the 13th

June 28, 2008 at 2:35 pm | In Fun day | Leave a Comment

At 9 o’clock Friday morning we started our CEM Community Build Project with a welcome from Karin Le Jeune and Mark Massyn. The Light Blue Team was born after a merging of two teams and so it all began… A theme song, favorite pizza and music genre was agreed upon. After the team bonding experience, we had to tackle our first task of portraying one of the Labour Contractors in a Mini Real Life Construction Project. Six houses and six garages per Contractor was required. Mortar was mixed, mini bricks laid, windows and doors put into position…. and viola! Our mini homes captured in the picture above. Just a few seconds after this picture was taken we had to unfortunately demolish our masterpieces.

The long weekend ahead to rest for the real work that is going to start on Tuesday!

Building more than houses

June 28, 2008 at 1:58 pm | In Introduction | Leave a Comment

The Team

OUR THEME SONG : Eye of the Tiger

We are a team of first year Construction Study students at the University of Cape Town that set a week of our Midterm break aside to work hand in hand with the Niall Mellon Township foundation in Wallacedene. From the left : Inge van Rooyen, Bulumko Zitumane, Marc Callanan, Daniel Rwelamila, Mante Masela and Murday Chellembron.

“A man is not a man until he has a

house of his own”
Nelson Mandela

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