As we discussed in our previous blog post, NECSA's nuclear waste disposal site in Vaalputs, Northern Cape, has been a contentious issue for local communities. Despite NECSA's efforts to engage with communities through the Public Safety Information Forum, many concerns remain unaddressed. In this blog post, we'll explore the lack of transparency and exclusionary practices [...]
Navigating Nuclear Realities and Building Community Strength in Kamiesberg Over the past few months, I have had the privilege of working with communities in the Kamiesberg region of the Northern Cape - a remote but deeply rooted landscape where people live close to the land, and even closer to the social and environmental challenges that [...]
When South Africa talks about nuclear energy, the spotlight is often focused on urban centers like Cape Town, where the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station sits near the ocean, producing electricity while most people don’t think about where its waste goes. But far from the public eye, the real burden of this technology is being offloaded [...]
In June 2022, two of our young #ClimateLeaders made their way to Germany for a line-up of climate and social justice events, engagements, and conferences, set up and supported by our partners and friends at Misereor and Bund der Deutschen Katholischen Jugend (BDKJ). These events sought to bring together youth from South Africa and [...]
On 23 October 2021, African Climate Alliance in collaboration with Project 90 by 2030, hosted an open space dialogue, to bring young people between the ages of 14 and 35 to discuss the important question: what does climate justice look like in South Africa ahead of COP26? A total of 20 participants (excluding facilitators) gathered [...]
MEDIA RELEASE: 07 October 2021 Young Climate Activists from Khayelitsha embark on ‘Playing With Solar’ programme following their Climate Action outside Parliament (Cape Town) last week and the Build Up to COP26. On Saturday, 9 October 2021, young climate activists from Khayelitsha, hot off the heels from the 24th September 2021 Parliament (Cape Town) [...]
Project 90 Director, Lorna Fuller speaks to the intersectionality's between climate justice and gender justice this women's day! Woman’s month 2021 presented me a challenge to write something personal AND hopeful. With the Climate Emergency is mostly on my mind, coupled to the fact that the women I was thinking about today are under extreme [...]
YouLead Warriors take on Playing With Solar! On April 24th, 2021 our YouLead Warriors began the journey that is, Playing With Solar. Our Youth began taking power into their own hands, solar power to be exact! The project consisted of many workshops guided by the amazing Engineers Without Borders UCT (EWB) team and our [...]
We would like to officially welcome to the #Project90 team Siyabulela Vavi ! He is our new Programme Assistant for our Community Partnership Programme. With him he brings a keen new eye and great experience, we cannot wait to see the amazing things to come! We are so happy to have you on board. Community Programme [...]
This past Saturday we had our first YouLead 2021 event! This was an opportunity for the parents of our future warriors to get to know more about us, more detail about the programme, and what their child can expect over the course of the year. In total 37 people were present, and through safety [...]
