Campaign challenges all citizens to take a stand against littering and start initiatives to clean up their neighbourhoods

SOUTH Africans have been urged to roll up their sleeves to clean up the country.

This is part of the Good Green Deeds campaign to be launched by President Cyril Ramaphosa tomorrow (Friday).

Through this campaign government is trying to motivate all citizens and sectors to join hands with government to solving global and national environmental challenges.

‘The campaign seeks to change people’s attitudes and behaviour towards responsible waste management and shift the paradigm to influence people to be environmentally conscious and make use of available recycling bins.

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‘Government challenges every citizen to continue with the spirit of ‘Thuma Mina’ and answer the call to stop littering and illegal dumping.

‘Let us all do our part to promote recycling of waste to make South Africa a cleaner place to live in,’ said Phumla Williams, Acting Government Communication and Information Systems Director General.

Williams said it also aims to expand productive capacity and enhance service delivery in key green economy sectors.

‘This includes investment in bio-waste resources using best practices in food waste composting and urban food production initiatives that result in meaningful employment creation in green economy sectors,’ Williams said.

Post a picture or video clip of yourself taking some action to clean up the country using the hashtag #GoodGreenDeeds. Tag @GovernmentZA and @GCISMedia on twitter.

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