Mandela Day: Klip River clean up in Soweto

Africa Melane speaks to Hlanzekile River and Ocean Cleaning, led by Ayanda Skenjana, who is rallying Soweto to remove plastic waste from the Klip River this Mandela Day.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Africa is on at Africa Millane. This Friday is Mandela
Day and we've all been called to act where it
really matters. Sixty seven minutes off your day, that's all
that is required a few on Friday to help make
a difference. This morning we highlight the work of clansa
Gile River and Ocean Cleaning Soweto. Joining me on the

(00:23):
line is the project lead an ask Kenjhan I and
a very good morning and welcome to the show.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
A very good morning Africa, and morning to you or listening.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
In a moment, I'll ask about what your organization does.
But I never would have thought I would have read
ocean cleaning and Soweto in one phrase, as it be
given the location of.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Course, yeah definitely. So basically is as an ocean cleaning.
So we're still doing rivers and so it's cause we
don't have an ocean yet, so you know, that's why
we're targeting from now the river. So when we continue
going bigger than hoping to you know, come near the

(01:05):
ocean and help in other coastal eras.

Speaker 1 (01:08):
Okay, let's talk more about the organization then. When was
Lanti Guilla founded and what is your objective.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
Oh yeah, So Transil was founding thirteen late twenty thirteen
by a gentleman called Floyd. So he stays in Branston.
So basically the short story of it is every day
in the morning he woke up seeing us the same paper,
same plastic in a river school. He just got irritated,
you know, and just took it to himself on one

(01:37):
Saturday and took his friend and just woke up and
clean the river. Stop from there. You know, It's been
like this, So ye are basically river it's trans the hills,
river and ocean cleaning, yes, fan plastic. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
And how desperately polluted our rivers in Sweta primarily depend
in how time.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
Much big apparent? Can you repeat it?

Speaker 1 (02:03):
How polluted are our rivers in Soweto primarily but also
more generally in how time?

Speaker 2 (02:12):
Okay, so here primarily in Soviet Man, it's bad. I
don't know how can I don't know how can label this,
but I feel like we have a like a local
pandemic if I can call it, because yeah, man, we
no longer have aquatic stremes or what rivers are just
flying with toxic waste and you know acid mind train
so it's really bad man. And to say, oh, and

(02:34):
to talk also about other rivers around how thing it's
it's it's it's too bad. So that's what made us,
you know, take this initiative in a way to just
start and you know, try and help where we can.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
Yeah, insact. The University of Johannesburg published a study recently
on the Clip River where they found alarming levels of
toxic chemicals, didn't.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
They Yes, yes, definitely, And so yeah, those findings of
just made like our work so difficult in Sowe To
primarily because at least in Branchdon where we we we
we usually clean, the water is quite you know, they're
still quite. Take life, there's two fishes and you know
those small living things and so and so a way too,

(03:19):
it's it's totally different. So these chemicals and as mantain
have been making it difficult for us. You know, it
can visially, like you can visually see the water. It's
it's it's not clear, you know, it's it's maggie, there's
there's a lot of sewage inside. So it's just making
us like it makes it's making it more difficult for
us to go in and if really a carry out

(03:42):
the objectives as an organization.

Speaker 1 (03:45):
Yeah, I can only imagine that because it's one thing
sort of going out on a Friday morning with big
plastic bags and a spear of sorts to pick up
the rudish. It's quite another when you've got toxic chemicals
that are basically polluting the river. Because I imagine the
process and that you need to follow in cleaning that river.

Speaker 3 (04:07):
It's very different, right, definitely, because we do have like
an environmental scientist, the lady, which is doing a U
Tundle so because she's doing she's doing her master's and
environmental scientists, so she's been the one.

Speaker 2 (04:21):
That's helping us and telling us how bad this is,
you know, because she's the one more in trying and
more grew up on the waterside on the chemical cycles.
She's studying in an environmental science. So it's it's really
really bad man. Yeah. And so we're just trying by
little resources we have, you know, we try and you know,
doing community engagement, teaching young kids and so forth. So

(04:45):
that's what we've been trying to do.

Speaker 1 (04:46):
All right, this Friday morning at eight thirty, you're asking
people to meet where and what do they need to
do for their sixty seven minutes.

Speaker 2 (04:55):
Ya. Basically we'll be in continue doing the Clip River.
So there's going to be like our annual visit to
so It because we started cleaning the clips Ate River
last year mandility, So this is like our annual visitor
came to so and So you're going to be like
adopting in u stream which is connecting directly through Clip River.

(05:18):
So it's going to be next to the coverage called
the wash. And also there's two schools next to the river.
It's same Martins and uh Primaries, Granmar forced any of it,
but you can just google say Martins close to Saint
Martin High School and the Cowash Yeah, the Cowage place.

(05:38):
So yeah, it's basically just in and around around the
west next to Mandela House. So that's why we also
choose the stream because it's still through the Mandela House
and you know it makes sense for this day.

Speaker 1 (05:50):
And do people get in touch with you to sign
up or do you just imagine how do they get
in touch with it?

Speaker 2 (05:57):
Definitely there is you can visit our website that's your
or visa or social networks on Instagram, so there's just
that directions and you know on how to sign in
for volunteeri on for Friday and so forth.

Speaker 1 (06:12):
All right, Clansa Giller dot C, dot Z day, I
end up all the best for Yo Mandala Day clean
up of the clip River on on this Friday.

Speaker 2 (06:24):
We are definitely and just I just call it like
oh you you know, young kids to just come and
help us. And even if people from Clipchi are injoy Peple,
they can just come, you know and see us for
that one hour, for the five minutes, you know, just
to just make change for community and just bring back
the beauty of our community.

Speaker 1 (06:44):
Absolutely I Askanjana is a project lead at Clansa Gilla
River and Ocean Cleaning Cleaning, talking to us about Day
Mandala Day event this Friday morning where they're asking you
to help them clean the clip refue join them at
eight six on Friday morning and you can go to
Klanzguilla dot C or dot today for more details