John Coetzee, 67

John Coetzee, 67

As founder, owner and chief executive of Green Worx Cleaning Solutions, John Coetzee is a heavyweight in South Africa’s green cleaning sector. With the promise “we do more than clean your conscience”, his business prides itself on transparency, research and ethical...
Candice Stevens, 38

Candice Stevens, 38

Candice Stevens decided that the most effective way she could help protect our natural resources was to find financial solutions for conservation. She is the chair of the Sustainable Landscape Finance Coalition (SLFC), a collaboration between the Wilderness Foundation...
Primestars

Primestars

Primestars, a youth development organisation based in Johannesburg, has been tackling South Africa’s high unemployment rate for 17 years by offering free training to high school learners. Their “step up to a green start-up programme” addresses another big issue for...
Olivia Rumble, 37

Olivia Rumble, 37

Olivia Rumble is an admitted attorney of the high courts of Johannesburg and Cape Town, and holds a degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Stellenbosch University, as well as an LLB and LLM from the University of Cape Town. She and Andrew Gilder, also an...