South Africa — Members of the Climate Justice Coalition have joined millions of people all over the world in the call for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the occupation in Palestine. We bear witness to the atrocities committed by the Israeli state, operating with support of the United States, as it enacts gross…
For Immediate Release 4 August 2023 South Africa — Members of the Climate Justice Coalition will protest at a public talk by the Minister of Electricity, Dr Kgosientso Ramokgopa, on Friday, August 4th. The talk is hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) and the University…
Written by the Climate Justice Coalition Secretariat – Date: 2023/06/05 Dear Minister Ramokgopa, With your newly bestowed powers of overseeing new generation capacity, and your mandate of ending loadshedding, your job is one of the most important in the country. For the sake of our collective future, we wish you success, and write to you…
21 November 2022 South Africa — After a couple of delays, Climate Justice Coalition (CJC) March for Jobs, Clean Energy and Climate Justice is back on a new date. On Tuesday 22 November, trade unions, community-based organisations, non-governmental organisations, and climate justice activists will convene at Burgers Park in Pretoria to demand genuine climate justice. …
30 May 2022 Mr President, it’s time to fix the Department of Mineral Resources & Energy so South African can tackle the dual climate and energy crises we face. That starts with replacing Minister Mantashe with more capable leadership suited to the task ahead. Dear President Cyril Ramaphosa, As the Climate Justice Coalition, we write…
14 July 2022 Climate Justice Coalition to march to the Office of the Presidency on Nelson Mandela Day to deliver emergency energy plan petition. South Africa —The Climate Justice Coalition, a coalition of South African trade unions, grassroots, community-based and non-profit organisations, will march to the Office of the Presidency on Monday, 18 July, Nelson…
23 March 2023 [South Africa] The Climate Justice Coalition (CJC) stands in solidarity with our neighbours in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar who have been devastated by Cyclone Freddy. It is deeply unjust that those who have contributed the least to the climate crisis are bearing the brunt of it. Cyclone Freddy has surged through southern…