Stephen Pikus, 51

Stephen Pikus, 51

In the early 1990s, Stephen Pikus volunteered with an NGO collective on a farm in Tzaneen, Limpopo, working together with a group of carpenters, artists and metalworkers to service the local community. The profit made from the work supported a range of initiatives....
EnviroCrete

EnviroCrete

EnviroCrete is a construction company that manufactures ecofriendly building materials and green construction solutions. It was founded in 2015 by Robert Pane, Shaiek Coe and Zuleigha Abderoef, and it’s a BBBEE level 1-rated company. Through a combined strategy of...
David Tshidzumba, 24

David Tshidzumba, 24

Save Our Limpopo Valley Environment (SOLVE) is an organisation that advocates for the conservation and sustainable development in the Vhembe region. SOLVE is fighting the authorisation of the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone in the ecologically sensitive and...
Mokgadi Modise, 49

Mokgadi Modise, 49

Mokgadi Modise is chief director: clean energy in the department of mineral resources and energy. Prior to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s merging of the two departments, Modise was the chief director of energy efficiency projects at the then department of energy. Her...
Mary Haw

Mary Haw

The My Clean Green Home project came about through the realisation that buildings present a significant opportunity to lower carbon emissions; they consume almost a quarter of Cape Town’s total energy and are responsible for the largest proportion of its total carbon...