- The African Climate Alliance, various allied organisations, the Cape Town youth, and many ordinary South African citizens will join millions of people around the world on the 24th September 2021 in support of the Global Climate Strike by gathering in front of Parliament calling for urgent action on climate change and ecological breakdown.
Cape Town students skip school y to protest against the South African’s government inaction on climate change. Image credit: Tessa Knight
“The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse‑gas emissions from fossil-fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk. This is a code red for humanity.” – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
At this demonstration outside Parliament we will have a number of presentations and performances from the South African youth and then we will present a detailed Memorandum of Demands to the Presidency and various other senior political leaders from across the spectrum who will be in attendance.
Event: Global Climate Strike – Parliament Cape Town
Date: 24th September 2021
Time: 11h00 – 13h00
Venue: Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, 140 Plein Street, Cape Town, 8000
For more detailed information on the march link HERE
Author: Bryan Groenendaal
