Nomasonto rejoiced the day she got her first job as a Food Handler. Behind the kitchen door, she found a harder fight: to be recognised as a worker deserving of dignity and rights.
Yonela Mbubu sees a care worker’s life as a robot: red while you wait for work, green when a door opens, then the cracks. Still, she dreams and evolves.
A Community Health Worker bears witness to the women who built care in their communities and now retire with no pension, no recognition, and nowhere to belong.
Our story of walking alongside Food Handlers in the National School Nutrition Programme on a movement-building journey to advocate for decent work and fair pay.