South African women win Goldman prize for stopping nuclear deal
Makoma Lekalakala and Liz McDaid won their court case against a secret deal with Russia worth ($76bn) £54bn.
South Africa’s environment minister green lights new nuclear power plant in Western Cape
South Africa's Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, has upheld the 2017 decision to grant Eskom...
The Women Who Stopped the Nuclear Deal Between Russia and South Africa
Two South African women, Makoma Lekalakala and Liz McDaid, today have won the Goldman Environmental Prize, the world's largest award honouring grassroots...
Women who Build the Future: Makoma Lekalakala
In this interview Veronica Tarozzi speaks with Makoma Lekalakala, Director of Earthlife Africa, a civil society environmental justice and anti-nuclear...
Goldman prize awarded to South African women who stopped an international nuclear deal
Makoma Lekalakala and Liz McDaid were the sole signatories of a successful legal challenge against the plan for South Africa to buy up to 10 nuclear power...
This will only be a truly 'African COP' if African climate crisis issues are prioritised
With a foreword by Gro Harlem Brundtland, Makoma Lekalakala from South Africa explains why leaders at COP27 must recognise and prioritise...
Environmental activists oppose new Western Cape nuclear plant approval
By Rachel Mohamed. The approval of a new nuclear power plant at Duynefontein in the Western Cape by Environmental Minister Dion George has...
South African Women Honoured For Anti-Nuclear Effort
NEW YORK (IDN) – Using the knowledge gained in the anti-apartheid struggle, two South African women challenged a secret, multibillion-dollar nuclear deal...
Anti-Nuclear Energy Activism in South Africa: Interview with Makoma Lekalakala
Anti-Nuclear Energy Activism in South Africa: Interview with Makoma Lekalakala. 26.Jan.2022. 8 min read.
These women stopped a secret $76 billion nuclear deal
Two female South African activists working for small NGOs took on the South African government. They won a legal challenge that stopped a $76 billion dollar...
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Co-director/activist with Earthlife Africa Johannesburg, lead litigant in successful legal challenges against coal projects in South Africa.