Sprucing up: Working together can make a big impact on the environment

Many black bags were filled with rubbish, proving how important clean-up campaigns are for the environment.

JOINING HANDS: Doing it all together for the environment.

IT was time for a big clean-up in Ormonde on Saturday, May 30, with dignitaries from various organisations joining in to lend a helping hand.

Miss Earth South Africa contestants, members of the DA including Clr Sergio dos Santos, Generation Earth council members from the Oprah Winfrey Academy for Girls, Sacred Heart, Wits council members as well as St John’s learners and local residents, met in Mondeor, on the corner of Ormonde Drive and Ferhurst Road for a clean-up campaign.

“Cleaning up the Bloubos Spruit was a priority for us this weekend. The clean-up campaigns have been an annual project for five years, which bring about community building and a renewed ownership of public spaces,” said Catherine Constantinides, executive director of the Miss Earth South Africa Leadership Programme.

Many black bags were filled with rubbish, proving how important clean-up campaigns are for the environment.

“We’ve had a good turnout today and thank everyone who pitched up to help,” said dos Santos.

HELPING TO CLEAN-UP: DA members show their support at the clean-up campaign. Front: Menzi (2) and Wakhile Masango (5). Middle: Sihle Manganyi, Njabulo Masango, Nazrana Hogarth, Naeelah Dellwaria, Reuben Nkosi and Clr Sergio dos Santos. Back: Maxwell Nkosi, Gcina Masango and Phumelela Masango.

TOGETHER: Miss Earth South Africa contestants from Johannesburg South. Nthabiseng Tsoamotse, Jessica Janse van Rensburg, Crystal Smit, Ashanti Mbanga (Miss Earth SA 2013) and Monique Marais all participated in the clean-up campaign.