Step by step, BUSHWORKS is contributing towards building a new future for our communities.


BUSHWORKS, home of Bush Radio and an ever-expanding list of social service programmes, is building itself a solid future in Cape Town.


Having begun as a singular voice in the local media actively participating in the struggle against apartheid, today BUSHWORKS continues to empower communities to take up the challenges of building a new democratic society.


Farah Moosa, Bush Radio's first station manager, takes some time out with Managing Director Zane Ibrahim.


Our BUSHWORKS programmes range from broadcasting training to peer monitoring from acknowledging our heroes to celebrating the next generation.

Local and international support is largely responsible for BUSHWORKS' phenomenal growth. Now we are poised to enter an exciting new phase of expansion. A window of opportunity has opened that will enable a long-cherished dream to become a reality.



BUSHWORKS is embarking on a campaign for long-term self-sustainability, self-reliance and independence.

As a symbol of our ability to operate on our own strength, BUSHWORKS is working towards purchasing our own residence.
Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool and Zane Ibrahim.


For over ten years, we have been renting our headquarters and it is becoming very clear that to continue doing so will hinder - for obvious reasons - our development.


In commitment to continuing our work independently, we plan to purchase the building.


The BRICKS PROJECT will be a fundraising effort to start off our campaign for self-sustainability.


BUY A BRICK AND HELP US ACHIEVE OUR DREAM



When you buy a brick, you are actively supporting our quest for self-sustainability. You are not only becoming part of the BUSHWORKS' wide-spread network of local and international support, you also become a physical part of BUSHWORKS.


In the building, each sponsor will be commemorated with their names on the very bricks of our wall, which has been painstakingly created by staff and friends, for all to look at and be reminded of what can be accomplished with united effort.


WHOEVER YOU ARE AND WHEREVER YOU ARE, THERE IS A BRICK FOR YOU!




World-renowned jazz musician Robbie Jansen with Station Manager Dr Tanja Bosch, Logistics Manager Adrian Louw and Josh Ogada, who is co-ordinating the station's audience research.

The Democracy Wall will be built with three different kind of bricks. The SILVER bricks will be dedicated to individuals whereas the GOLD ones will commemorate the names of NGOs and associations. Finally, the PLATINUM bricks will be ascribed to Corporate and Governmental entities.

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SILVER BRICK

*250

R500

GOLD BRICK

*500

R1000

PLATINUM BRICK

*1000

R5000



HOW TO BUY A BRICK 

  •   Download the donation form and after completing it, email it to     bricks@bushradio.co.za

  •   Transfer your donation into Bush Radio's account

    • Bank

    Standard Bank

    Account Name

    Bush Radio

    Account Number

    07 122 0194

    Branch Name

    Victoria Road

    Branch Code

    02-4709 - 15

    SWIFT address

    SBZA ZA JJ

    * Local determination (Euro, Pounds, USD…)


    YOU BUY A BRICK, WE SEND YOU YOUR OWN BUSH RADIO



    Wire art, unique to Southern Africa and largely unavailable beyond our borders, is a living testimony to the industriousness and creative spirit of our people.


    Born in the shanty towns and baptised on the streets, today this genre is a thriving and legitimate art form in its own right.

    Some of the interns that have been involved with Bush Radio over the last couple of months.


    By acquiring this wire radio, you are supporting a social upliftment and community development project.


    Its main aim is to provide skills training, raw materials and support necessary to enable over 70 formerly unemployed South African women and men to channel their natural creative energies into a vibrant art form.


    Wire art     illustrates perfectly Bush Radio's mission. Everyday, we are striving to ensure that communities take part in producing ethical, creative and responsible radio.


    We encourage them to communicate with each other and to take part in decisions that affect their lives.

    In this way, communities will affirm their own dignity and identity, and promote social responsibility and critical thinking.