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Ayakha Melithafa. (Supplied)
A Cape Town climate justice activist returned from a trip to Antarctica more determined than ever to bring about change.
Akhaya Melithafa said it was depressing to see the conditions in Antarctica.
The trip shaped her activism for the future, which she says will focus on hope.
A young Cape Town climate justice activist returned from a trip to Antarctica - and is now even more determined to bring about change.
Akhaya Melithafa said it was depressing to see the conditions in Antarctica, and how crucial it is to the climate.
She said the trip, hosted by explorer Riaan Manser, along with four other matric pupils, has shaped her activism for the future.
After her exhilarating Antarctica experience Verulam teenager Thea Earnest is determined to raise global warming awareness, starting in her own neighbourhood.
31 January 2021, 6:22 PM | Vanessa Poonah | @SABCNews
Image: Reuters [File photo] The trip will be led by pioneering explorer, Riaan Manser, and a team from Stellenbosch University.
A climate change activist from the Cape Flats is among a group of five matric learners setting off for Antarctica on an all-expenses-paid trip. The group won a competition, which saw over 3 000 thousand entries.
Led by pioneering explorer, Riaan Manser, and a team from Stellenbosch University, the group will spend five days on the virtually uninhabited continent.
Climate change activist, Ayakha Melithafa from Khayelitsha explains her winning entry.
“I decided to join Project 90 by 2030, which is an environmental organisation that strives for low carbon generation by 2030. From then on, it taught me more about climate change, how to actually adopt to climate change; how to mitigate and also what we
PHOTO: Marianne Schwankhart/Gallo Images
Five matric pupils were chosen out of hundreds to explore the Antarctic with Riaan Manser.
The Matrics in Antarctic team will be leaving the country on 27 January.
They will be in the Antarctic for five days.
It was their understanding of what needs to be done locally to deal with climate change that earned five South African matric pupils a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to conquer the icy terrain of the Antarctic with renowned explorer Riaan Manser.
Ayakha Melithafa, Cobus Burger, Thea Juanita Earnest, Boiketlo Lamula and Kelby Barker were chosen out of hundreds of matric applicants to join Manser on a five-day scientific adventure in Antarctica.