Communities continue to unite to build a better South Africa; these community action groups, clean-up initiatives, and more make all the difference!
South Africa (23 January 2025) – The old adage “Many hands make light work” is found to be true time and time again in South Africa. Where service delivery fails, people take up the gauntlet, and things happen! Challenge accepted, they say! No more, they say! United we stand, they say!
Community action groups are changing the way South Africans see things like potholes, overgrown curbs, filthy beaches and waste management (to name but a few). These groups are taking matters into their own hands and uplifting communities in the process.
Whether they focus solely on cleaning beaches, restoring rivers, collecting litter, mowing lawns or maintaining roads, these organisations unite communities in efforts to make South Africa a better place.
These groups are funded by local businesses, big and small, private donors, eager volunteers and sometimes even local municipalities. It is always inspiring to see just how much gets done when the community makes it happen. These organisations make us proud every time we share one of their projects.
Below, we have shared all the community projects and action groups working to make a difference.
Please note that this is a working list, so keep sending through your charities and groups, and we will keep adding them!
South Africa
Eastern Cape
Gauteng
- Better Bedfordview (Working in Bedfordview) – Website / Facebook
- Better Fourways (Working in Fourways) – Website
- Clean Projects (Working in Benoni) – Facebook
- Friends of the Wilds, Joburg (Working in Johannesburg ) – Facebook
- The Friends of Joburg Cemeteries (Working in Braamfontein) – Website / Facebook
- Hennops River Revival (Working along the Hennops River) – Facebook
KwaZulu-Natal
- Love Howick NPC (Working in Howick) – Website / Facebook
- Love Notties (Working in the Midlands) – Website / Facebook
- The Litter Boom Project (Working in Durban) – Website / Facebook
- Tidy Towns (Working from Shelly Beach to Margate) – Facebook
Mpumalanga
Western Cape
- better.bellville.together (Working in Bellville) – Website / Facebook
- Camps Bay Clean (Working in Camps Bay) – Facebook
- Friends of Zandvlei (Working in Muizenberg) – Facebook
- Helderberg Ocean Awareness Movement (Working in Helderberg) – Facebook
- Mosselbank River Conservation Team (Greenville) – Website / Facebook
- Project Noordhoeked (Working in Noordhoek) – Facebook
- Save A Fishie (Working in Cape Town) – Website / Facebook
If we have missed an organisation or charity, please email tyler@goodthingsguy.com, and we will add it soonest; kindly supply the relevant links as well as which province they work in, the NPO/NGO/NPC registration details and a brief description of what the organisation does.
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