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Intersectional protest: Members of Extinction Rebellion and Red Rebels, as well as other local Cape Town environmental action groups, mobilised outside parliament last Friday, calling for climate action and environmental justice. (David Harrison/M&G)

AFRICA CLIMATE ALLIANCE

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

Tunicia Phillips

Only connect: Sera Farista, 17, is part of a youth-led movement that believes in achieving climate justice through social justice

CLIMATE ANXIETY

Teen activist on a mission to improve South Africa’s climate literacy rate

Inspired by a school project, 17-year-old Sera Farista has taken a stand against climate change

Marcia Zali