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
✺ 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