social change Archives

We Are Who We’ve Been Waiting For: Nomsa Mazwai and Community Development South Africa

Nomsa Mazwai’s interview was a new experience because she is so many amazing people wrapped in one flamboyantly energetic body. She’s a Fulbright-scholar economist, a musician and singer, and an entrepreneur. In our conversation she talks about Soweto Night Out, a business created through her think tank Funkatam Walking, which is entirely focused on women’s…

Ferial Adams: Championing Citizen Science for Clean Water

Ferial Adams, founder of WaterCAN (Water Community Action Network), is a longtime environmental justice activist with a PhD focused on citizen science. She explains how a R200 water-testing kit lets ordinary people verify contamination in their own water, giving them evidence to challenge municipalities and validation for illnesses they’d long suspected were water-related. She discusses…

This Way Up: Conversations About Social Change South Africa

This Way Up, the podcast that shines a light into the corners of South Africa where change is happening.