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Thembisa resident’s dream to turn a polluted riverbank into a botanical garden

Samuel Mashimbi wants people to reconnect with nature

Samuel Mashimbi, co-founder of EnviroCare Thembisa, works on environmental solutions to the pollution crisis in Thembisa. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee

The wetland ecosystem surrounding the Kaalspruit in Thembisa has come under increasing pressure as urban development has expanded.
Residents living alongside the river say sewage spills, illegal dumping and other pollution have driven away wildlife.
Resident Samuel Mashimbi wants to turn a piece of land beside the river into a botanical garden.

Samuel Mashimbi stands beside the Kaalspruit in Thembisa, Ekurhuleni, and imagines what it could become: an urban green space filled with indigenous trees, birds and wildlife.
The lifelong Thembisa resident remembers spending time here as a child and developing a love for nature. He wants to restore the area…

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