ARMOUR - ‘not just cleaning rivers, but creating relationships across the divides’

ARMOUR - Action for Responsible Management of OUR Rivers - is an organisation that was created in 2015 by a handful of concerned citizens who were alarmed to witness a major sewage spill into the Jukskei River in Johannesburg. Anthony and Helen Duigan - a couple in their late 70s - were at the vanguard of what became a mass movement to save the rivers of Gauteng. In an interview with BizNews, Anthony and Helen Duigan relayed the story of ARMOUR - which ‘didn't start because of an intent, but started almost by accident’ - and the roots of their environmental activism. Over and above the remarkable work that ARMOUR does are the inadvertent benefits of ‘bringing real South Africans together’ and ‘creating links across the racial and class divides.’ After the interview, Helen told me the story of how, when she was just 8 years old, her grandfather asked her what the most important thing in the world was. Her answer? Water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices