UBU

The home of sandbags and EcoBeams in South Africa. UBU stands for Ubuhle Bakha Ubuhle, beauty builds beauty.

[UBU @UBUtweets]

Bullet/fire proof, thermally/acoustic efficient, self-built #backyarder option for responding to the informal city. #whobuildsthecity

[Ndifuna Ukwazi @NdifunaUkwazi]

🎙️New Podcast! Affordable building technology: sandbags with UBU.

In this episode, we delve into a topic that affects us all - affordable alternative building technologies that both the government & our community at large should consider.
https://t.co/RZy4pXKqxo
@UBUtweets

[The Anfield Wrap @TheAnfieldWrap]

A feature from the BBC that says Jürgen Klopp has been funding sports facilities just outside of Cape Town for the last 6 years after visiting a friend there ❤️

https://t.co/G0F4VOijBm

[Ndifuna Ukwazi @NdifunaUkwazi]

Have you thought of building your home with only sandbags?

In this video we visit @UBUtweets to learn more on how they build bulletproof, fireproof homes that can be used in any part of the city.

WATCH full video here: https://t.co/cymbUbhGeZ

[UBU @UBUtweets]

‘The time has come for municipal budgets to be democratised and give informal settlement communities in particular greater insight into, and influence over, the possibilities for change’

[UBU @UBUtweets]

We developed a simple idea in 2014 - based on a self build incremental model - because we believed there would be a time when the RDP program would be scrapped and that people would need to build for themselves.

It seems hat time is now #selfbuild

https://t.co/G1ZuEXPWLU

[UBU @UBUtweets]

Why do we love building with sandbags?

[UBU @UBUtweets]

A great first webinar in the series. Looking forward to he next one

[IBP_SA @ibp_sa]

We're listening to @adi_kumar_1 from @DAG__activism during their webinar on #Housing. Now is the time to address the issue of housing and the spacial divide. We need a new form of urban management, not large-scale developer driven, but to create thriving neighbourhoods.

[IBP_SA @ibp_sa]

Residents in @CityofCT are still experiencing dirty and broken toilets. #Asivikelane received these horrific pictures from residents. #socialaudits4services #socialaudits #lockdown

[Albert @ IBP @AlbertIBP]

[WATCH] Persitent problems in informal settlement sanitation in @CityofJoburgZA Episode 2 #Asivikelane TV @JHBWater @Planact_NGO @grassrootza @SASDIAlliance @Tshabalala_BM @SERI_RightsSA @abahlali_abm https://t.co/QUtmHHXowI

[UBU @UBUtweets]

@Pookos_ndwandwe @LindiweSisuluSA https://t.co/WukG7rGSTB : take a look at an alternative idea that can be utilized with re-blocking in any community.

[UBU @UBUtweets]

@Pookos_ndwandwe @LindiweSisuluSA It’s good to know that they are being built so close to the community. But the principle of removals to other places (into TRU’s), in other parts of Mzanzi might not be so fortunate.

[UBU @UBUtweets]

@Planact_NGO @IsandlaInst @SERI_RightsSA @DAG__activism @NdifunaUkwazi @SASDIAlliance @HFHSouthAfrica @Afesiscorplan @The_DHS This is completely unacceptable, on so many levels.

[UBU @UBUtweets]

@adi_kumar_1 @LindiweSisuluSA @The_DHS Indeed. Beyond depressing

[UBU @UBUtweets]

Is this a de-densification project @LindiweSisuluSA/@The_DHS?

[Department of Human Settlements @The_DHS]

Progress made on the building of Temporary Residential Units at Wilgespruit near Rooderpoort, City of Johannesburg.
@DWS_RSA @LindiweSisuluSA @DhsNRRTT

[UBU @UBUtweets]

Coronavirus OP-ED : De-densification of informal settlements as a crisis response is bad short-term thinking – 14 Civil Society groups https://t.co/RSJIXcFBda

[SERI @SERI_RightsSA]

[ADVOCACY] A group of CSOs have made a submission to the @The_DHS on its proposed strategy to de-densify #informalsettlements in response to #Covid_19.

Read the full submission here | https://t.co/j63ULAUwLa

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[DAG @DAG__activism]

DAG along with 13 civil society organisations is fundamentally against short term de-densification and resettlement. Read the full statement ...https://t.co/sfelXm0uXl

Photo:Ashraf Hendricks (GroundUp)

[UBU @UBUtweets]

It’s largely for this reason that in 2015 we decided to build the UBU Process House in an informal community (Sweet Home Fame). Own the process, see it through, make the mistakes, listen to the people and make something beautiful.

[David Perell @david_perell]

Steve Jobs talking about "Skin in the Game" decades before Nassim Taleb wrote a book about it.