Project Zion aims to holistically look at key issues such as homelessness, unemployment, environmental issues and education. The Bagerezi also known as the Dustbin Diggers and Trolley Surfers are groups of homeless people/workers dispersed between the major metros in South Africa on unutilized plots of land or landfills in order to be closer to their livelihoods in the recycling industry. They are
not only workers in the informal recycling sector, but they are also entrepreneurs who can grow the economy through their efforts in the recycling industry and related sectors. The overlapping nature of the issues alluded to above makes it possible for a multi-functional approach through empowering the Bagerezi as a minority group within the bigger Centurion community. They fulfil a crucial part in the local community through the services already rendered such as recycling and could further improve through possible future services such as community development and security. The project can be undertaken to address these issues as part of the National Development Plan to facilitate economic growth from the ground up and to contribute to the improvement of political and economic stability. Our primary goal with Project Zion is to provide a proposed solution for the social and economic dilemma, i.e keep track of and, integrate homeless groups of people such as the Bagerezi back into society, without draining an already stagnant economy. This can be achieved through innovative ideas such as the development of the recycling industry.
