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Gabriel Klaasen is youth co-ordinator at African Climate Alliance

Eskom said all protocol was observed when the unit was shut down. (David Harrison/M&G)
KOEBERG

Nothing ‘new’ or ‘clear’ about National Nuclear Regulator’s decisions

Civil society organisations and civilians are requesting transparency and participation in the decisions regarding the life extension of Koeberg

  • Lorna Fuller
  • Gabriel Klaasen
6 min read
No new coal: Unemployed men such as Bonginkosi Mhlanga scrape a living from abandoned mine shafts. Analysts warn that commodity prices, which have over the years sometimes papered over South Africa’s economic woes, will not keep the country going forever. (Emmanuel Croset/AFP)
ACCESS TO WATER

Young people call for an end to the terrible legacy of coal

‘The generation of 1976 did not fight to end the injustices of their time only for there to be the dawn of a climate apartheid’

  • Gabriel Klaasen
  • Sibusiso Mazomba
  • Mitchelle Mhaka
  • Sarah Robyn Farrell
3 min read
El Niño is expected to cause a loss of rainfall
AFRICAN CLIMATE ALLIANCE

South Africa’s nationally determined contribution plan for climate change must be more ambitious, say nation’s youth

The pandemic has demonstrated that, when it’s a matter of life and death, we can manage dramatic U-turns in public policy. We must take similarly decisive action now on climate…

  • Sibusiso Mazomba
  • Gabriel Klaasen
  • Sarah Robyn Farrell
5 min read
The murder of Fikile Ntshangase in KwaZulu-Natal was not an isolated incident. Around the globe, from Nigeria to Brazil, environmental activists are similarly being silenced, and it is our duty to continue this struggle. (Oupa Nkosi)
ACTIVISM

The world’s warriors are under attack, but we must keep on fighting

The murder of Fikile Ntshangase in KwaZulu-Natal was not an isolated incident. Around the globe, from Nigeria to Brazil, environmental activists are similarly being silenced, and…

  • Gabriel Klaasen
5 min read