ACA in the News

An archive of our media coverage and op-eds, from over the years, that highlight our work and share our collective efforts toward a more just future.

✺ 2024 ✺

  • 'OP-ED: Energy poverty, load shedding, climate concerns must be addressed by SA's new draft Integrated Resources Plan’ on News24

  • ‘Climate march on Human Rights Day demands water, food and energy for all’ on Times Live

  • 'OP-ED: From protest to progress: How South Africans can really show up for human rights’ on News24

  • ‘OP-ED: Parties still not prepared to tackle climate change and energy poverty’ on Mail & Guardian

  • ‘Ramaphosa signs Climate Change Bill into law: Gabriel Klaasen’ on SABC News

  • ‘Challenging outdated norms and bridging the gender gap in African climate action’ on Daily Maverick

  • ‘Not without a fight’ — young activists take Mantashe, Nersa to high court over new coal power plans’ on Daily Maverick

  • SA’s landmark youth-led climate case challenges new coal power plans’ on Mail&Guardian

  • Youth-led challenge against coal-fired power plans’ on Energy Central

  • ‘Why COP29’s money talk matters to you’ on News24

  • ‘Blow to Mantashe as high court rules government can’t order new coal plants’ on News24

  • ‘Court blocks government’s coal plant bid’ on BusinessTech

  • ‘Judgement bars government from approving new coal-fired power stations’ on BusinessDay

  • ‘Court bars South Africa from building new coal plants’ on TechCentral

  • ‘Cancel Coal’ case victory as high court rules Mantashe’s plans for new coal are unconstitutional’ on Daily Maverick

  • ‘Court overturns South Africa’s coal-fired power plans, protecting children’s health and the environment’ on Mail&Guardian

✺ 2023 ✺

  • ‘Cape Town youth and civil society take to the streets for ‘system change’’ on IOL

  • ‘Climate activists add Electricity Minister Ramokgopa to list of respondents in environmental impact case’ on Daily Maverick

  • 'Tired of waiting on the government, youth take climate action into their own hands’ on Daily Maverick

  • 'Why Climate Litigation in South Africa Matters’ on Climate Law

  • 'Mantashe has NGOs in crosshairs (again) and wants them to declare their funding sources’ on Daily Maverick

  • 'African Climate Alliance: An Interview’ on Kohero Magazine

  • 'Cape Town climate week showcasing solutions across the city’ on Times Live

  • 'Justice groups and communities showcase a pathway to burst the bubble of exclusive climate crisis activism’ on Daily Maverick

  • 'Cape Town's youth want routes that are accessible and safe for all - not just cars’ on News 24

  • 'Activists demand end to TotalEnergies offshore drilling’ on GroundUp

  • 'Picket against fossil fuels at Muizenberg beach’ on GroundUp

  • 'Our planet, their sacrifice: Ensuring safety for environmental defenders and activists’ on Daily Maverick

✺ 2022 ✺

  • ‘OP-ED: Global leaders must implement their climate commitments’ on Mail & Guardian

  • 'Protestors demand the end of profits over people’ on News24

  • 'Climate Disruptors: Celebrating the Impact of Young Activists - A Skoll World Forum Ecosystem Event’ on The Hunger Project

  • 'Environmental groups unpack the Climate Change Bill to assist all to make informed comment’ on IOL

  • ''Cancel Coal' campaign calls on youth to stand against government’s coal power plans’ on IOL

  • 'Youth call on African leaders to ‘not waste’ COP27 opportunities’ on IOL

  • 'Mail & Guardian Greening the Future Award in the ‘Clean Air & Quality of Life’ category’ on Mail & Guardian

  • 'SA youth take to Cape Town's streets for urgent action on the climate crisis’ on News24

  • 'Hundreds march to Parliament, calling for action against climate change’ on GroundUp

  • 'eNCA: Panel discussion on climate change’ on eNCA

  • 'Cape youth take to the streets on Heritage Day to march for system change’ on IOL

  • 'Our planet in peril – what climate science is saying’ on Daily Maverick

  • 'Researcher advocates for 1.8 million jobs by 2030, says green jobs are the way to go’ on IOL

  • 'eNCA: Climate change activists demand government's support’ on eNCA

  • 'Mantashe ordered to release records on how 1 500MW of coal ended up in SA's energy plan’ on News24

✺ 2021 ✺

  • ‘Youth Against Climate Change in South Africa: “There is a major lack of representation in the movement”’ on Heinrich Böll Stiftung

  • ‘DMRE comes under fire from just energy transition’ on Energy Voice

  • 'Coalition puts pressure on govt to cancel plans for new coal-fired power’ on Mining Weekly

  • ‘Joining fight against climate change’ on eNCA

  • ‘Climate change activists gather outside parliament as part of a worldwide protest campaign’ on SABC News

  • 'OP-ED: South Africa’s nationally determined contribution plan for climate change must be more ambitious, say nation’s youth’ on Mail & Guardian

  • 'OP-ED: Young people call for an end to the terrible legacy of coal’ on Mail & Guardian

  • 'Climate Change activists seek change’ on IOL

  • 'Cape Town’s Day Zero scare raised a new generation of young climate activists’ on Mail & Guardian

  • 'Civil society groups call for an urgent just transition and a transformed energy department’ on Daily Maverick

  • 'Climate change will have “profound adverse mental health implications” for those living in South Africa’ on Centre for Environmental Rights

  • 'EcoMaverick: The young climate change activist whose vision was forged by growing up in Soweto’ on Daily Maverick

  • 'Young activists demand better leadership on environment in run-up to global climate strikes’ on Daily Maverick

  • 'Mantashe ordered to release records on how 1 500MW of coal ended up in SA's energy plan’ on News24

  • 'Climate change activists protest outside Parliament, hand over memorandum’ on SABC News

  • 'Uproot the Energy Department march’ on eNCA

  • 'Outcome of the Youth Climate Activists Summit underway in Italy: Sibusiso Mazomba’ on SABC News

  • 'Meet the young activist from Mitchells Plain who’s fighting for a greener world’ on Mail & Guardian

  • 'EcoMavericks: Gabriel Klaasen raising the alarm on the future of young people’ on Daily Maverick

  • 'Cape Town youth dismiss COP26 as 'much of the same'‘ on Cape Argus

  • 'Climate campaigners take South Africa to court over coal policy’ on The Guardian

  • 'Activist calls to boycott Shell intensify’ on Cape Argus

  • 'Ruling ordering Shell to stop its seismic survey off the Wild Coast welcomed by activists’ on Cape Argus

  • 'Hundreds demand action against climate change outside Parliament’ on Ground Up

  • 'Global Climate Strike: Cape activists call for government to #UprootTheDMRE’ on IOL

  • 'Cape Town teen climate activist Ayakha Melithafa takes drought to the UN’ on Daily Maverick

  • 'South Africa’s young climate strikers hit back at critics’ on Mail & Guardian

  • 'Mitchelle Mhaka: Arming the youth with knowledge is critical in fostering a good climate for change’ on Daily Maverick

  • 'Go to hell, Shell’ on City Press

  • 'Ocean lovers take Shell to court in a bid prevent it from seismic blasting on Wild Coast’ on News24

✺ 2020 ✺

  • ‘Condemning eco-fascism in the time of COVID-19’ on Green Times

  • 'OP-ED: Youth climate activists call for countrywide community support in response to Covid-19 crisis’ on News 24

  • 'OP-ED: Police brutality – SA youth have their say’ on Daily Maverick

  • 'OP-ED: Our future is not a game – #TheFutureIsNow’ on Daily Maverick

  • 'OP-ED: Young people: No more ‘sit down and shut up’ when it comes to the environment’ on Daily Maverick

  • 'OP-ED: Climate crisis: Our young people deserve better’ on Daily Maverick

  • 'OP-ED: The world’s warriors are under attack, but we must keep on fighting’ on Mail & Guardian

  • 'African Climate Alliance urges South Africa to move away from coal power stations’ on SABC 3

✺ 2019 ✺

  • ‘South African youth take to the streets over climate change’ on GroundUp

  • ‘Kids tell world’s politicians: ‘It’s our future, stop destroying it’ on Daily Maverick

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