In a recent News24 opinion piece, Dr Brenda Kubheka-Chauke (Class XIII: Akani) explores how climate change in South Africa is not only an environmental crisis but a profound challenge to human rights. Drawing on her experience in public health, governance and ethics, she reflects on how flooding, heat and displacement aggravate existing inequalities, with women, children and the elderly facing the greatest risks.
Her article calls for a human rights-based response that tackles both climate impacts and the structural conditions that make people vulnerable, arguing that climate action, social justice and community resilience must be pursued together if no one is to be left behind.
Read the full piece on News24: “OPINION | ‘Slow violence’ of climate change threatens human rights in SA”.
