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This past weekend, the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Herman Mashaba, officially launched the City of Johannesburg’s partnership with Global Citizen for A Re Sebetseng clean-up campaigns.
The partnership, which was announced last month, bolsters efforts by the City to improve the environment, cut plastic use, and embrace a healthy lifestyle.
With Global Citizen’s mission to build the largest movement of people taking action to end extreme poverty by 2030, it is only fitting that we combine our efforts towards this objective. Good progress has been made in this regard. So far, over 300 000 tonnes of waste has been collected since the launch in 2017.
A Re Sebetseng (meaning “let’s work”in Sesotho) is a monthly call to action that encourages City employees and residents to come out in their numbers through volunteerism and work together to turn Johannesburg into a City where residents can live, work and play in a healthy environment. This campaign will include educating Global Citizens about reducing plastic usage and encourage recycling waste.
This campaign’s kick-off on this past Saturday also coincided with World Clean Up Day.
The City will provide bags and gloves to all participants which can be collected at City walk-in centres, depots, clinics and libraries. Some lucky participants of the cleanup will stand a chance to win general and VIP tickets to the Global Citizen Festival Mandela 100.
