This Way Up South Africa

Introducing This Way Up: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Change

1 min · 9. mar. 2026
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Welcome to This Way Up, the podcast that celebrates ordinary South Africans doing extraordinary things. Each episode reveals the stories of people who choose action over despair, whether feeding the hungry, clearing rivers or creating mobile clinics. Through these conversations, listeners discover what it takes to make a difference and find their own sense of hope and agency.

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From Despair to Action: Chantal's River Rescue

In this episode, we talk to Chantal Nativel, who is helping transform the fight against river pollution in Johannesburg into something hopeful, practical and deeply community-driven. Motivated by her love of nature and concern for the environment, she launched a grassroots river cleanup initiative that brought together local residents, volunteers and businesses around a shared purpose. What began on International Rivers Day quickly grew into something far bigger than a once-off cleanup. By focusing on collaboration, long-term thinking and community involvement, Chantal is helping build a movement around the restoration of Johannesburg’s rivers. Alongside environmental groups, experts and ordinary citizens, she is showing how collective action can reconnect people to the natural spaces running through the city. The work is demanding, but the energy around it is contagious. Chantal’s story is a reminder that change does not always begin with large institutions or massive budgets. Sometimes it begins with one person deciding to care publicly and consistently enough that others start showing up too.

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