This Way Up South Africa
Episodes
Ferial Adams: Championing Citizen Science for Clean Water
29 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when communities stop waiting for solutions and start collecting the evidence themselves? In this episode of This Way Up, environmental j...
From Despair to Action: Chantal's River Rescue
11 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Chantal Nativel, who is helping transform the fight against river pollution in Johannesburg into something hopeful, practi...
Welcome Witbooi - Director of Brightspark Foundation
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Welcome Witbooi, a former Cape Flats gang leader who transformed his life to found the BrightSpark Foundation SA - an o...
Bronwyn Jones tells us about Bokashi Bran, a revolutionary form of composting
21 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bronwyn Jones is changing the landscape of waste management with Bokashi Bran, a revolutionary composting method that incorporates cooked food, meat p...
This Way Up South Africa
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode withdrawn – audio removed.
Introducing This Way Up: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Change
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to This Way Up, the podcast that celebrates ordinary South Africans doing extraordinary things. Each episode reveals the stories of people who...
Turning Waste into Opportunity: The Urban Surfer Story
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Urban Surfer, founded by former waste picker Safisa Gumby, is revolutionizing the recycling sector in South Africa by supporting waste reclaimers with...