Thando Tema

Thando Tema

Thando Tema from Alexandra in Gauteng is interested in both sustainability and youth development. He is renowned in his community for making the area safer for schoolchildren by servicing a local bus stop in a sustainable, educational way. Tema studied engineering and...
Mbongeni Buthelezi

Mbongeni Buthelezi

KwaZulu-Natal-born artist Mbongeni Buthelezi works in an unusual medium — plastic. He repurposes the synthetic material to make art, helping to raise awareness and combat climate change. He believes that art has the power to create environmental change, and wants to...
Desmond Williams

Desmond Williams

Conversations about clean and efficient energy production are dominating global and local headlines. Desmond Williams has taken a lifelong entrepreneurial spirit and applied it to one of today’s most pressing issues. He is the founder of Greenshare, a renewable energy...
Murendeni Mafumo

Murendeni Mafumo

Murendeni Mafumo dared to find an answer to a vital question: how does one filter dirty water in an energy-efficient way so that more people can drink and make use of clean water? Macadamia nut shells — of course! Mafumo’s innovative thinking led him to become the...