Greta Thunberg
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Gaza flotilla sails on despite attacks
Along with drone attacks, the fleet faces a political campaign to delegitimise it
Mandla Mandela urges same global support for Palestine that helped free SA from apartheid
Nelson Mandela’s grandson addressed hundreds of people from over 40 countries at the launch of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian mission aiming to deliver humanitarian aid to…
From SA to Gaza. A young activist carries on family tradition of fighting oppression
Nurain Saloojee comes from a family that opposed apartheid in South Africa
UPDATE: Greta Thunberg accuses governments and corporations of enabling Gaza atrocities
The Swedish activist spoke from a flotilla of boats carrying doctors, lawyers, activists, organisers and social media influencers attempting to take medicine and infant milk to…
In a world of injustices, be Greta Thunberg
The climate activist also advocates for human rights, such as those of Palestinians being killed by Israeli Defence Forces in Gaza
Climate justice and human rights go hand in hand
One cannot stand for climate justice but remain silent while Palestine suffers injustice daily This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free…
The Continent’s Africans of the Year: Vanessa Nakate
The activist who forced her way onto front pages: Initially cropped out and sidelined, Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate has now become an essential voice for Africa on the…
Countries bear cross-border responsibility for harmful effects of climate change, rules UN child rights committee
The UN committee has been accused of ‘turning its back’ on the children who filed a groundbreaking legal complaint with it against five countries
South Africa’s young climate strikers hit back at critics
Critics have accused the young climate activists of being divisive and unrepresentative; they say this simply isn’t true
Mauritius weeps as the island is surrounded by oil
The Wakashio freighter spilled 4 000 tonnes of oil into the sea off the Mauritian coast. Now the island’s residents are working together to recover from the disaster.
Invest in children to give them a better world
This entails putting them at the centre of national strategies, but doing it without high CO2 releases
The urgency of rethinking education — for Africa and the world
We need to re-evaluate the purpose and delivery of learning, so that all citizens are equipped to face the challenges of the 21st century, among them fighting climate change and…
Renewables not a silver bullet for inequality
COMMENT We talk as if building wind, solar and other sources of limitless, clean energy will redistribute wealth and drive social justice globally. We see it as the fix for a…
Trump rejects climate ‘prophets of doom’ as Thunberg warns Davos
The 50th meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) got under way in the ski resort with an avowed focus on climate change but with starkly different visions over global warming…
Who’s afraid of Greta Thunberg?
Some say the teenager is being manipulated, others say her solutions are unrealistic and undemocratic. But her words have mobilised people