Our Living Community - 25 June 2025

The Mountain Club of South Africa is run by passionate volunteers who love the mountains. In this week's episode Anthea van Wieringen tells Otto van der Walt about the club's meetings and the volunteers who make everything happen.

In this episode of Our Living Community we turn the spotlight to a recreational club having fun but also helping the environment. The Mountain Club of South Africa's Anthea van Wierengen talks to Otto van der Walt about how the club started and what their goals are.

Various organisations working in the Table Mountain National Park have joined forces this week to launch a petition called Save Our Mountain. Otto van der Walt caught up with the founder of a previously featured organisation here on Our Living Community, Andy Davies from Friends of Table Mountain to find…

The Sugarbird Project runs on passion, grit and determination. But it also needs a range of skills and money. In the last episode focusing on this driven organization, Sandy van Hoogstraten tells Otto van der Walt about all the ways in which people have offered to help, like donating paint,…

The Sugarbird Project teams work hand in hand with local community hack groups. In this episode of Our Living Community, co-founder of the organization, Sandy van Hoogstraten, tells Otto van der Walt about how they work together to restore Table Mountain's Floral Kingdom to a pristine state.