Makoma Lekalakala

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Makoma Lekalakala
NationalitySouth African
OccupationDirector, Earthlife Africa-Johannesburg
AwardsGoldman Environmental Prize

Makoma Lekalakala is a South African activist who is the director of the Johannesburg branch of Earthlife Africa.[1] Along with Liz McDaid, she was awarded the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize for the African region for their work on using the courts to stop a Russian-South African nuclear deal in 2017.[2]

References

  1. ^ Afika Adezweni (24 April 2018). "Our Nuclear Deal Heroes Have Won a Huge International Prize". The Marie Claire Newsletter. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. ^ Nosmot Gbadamosi (24 April 2018). "Goldman Prize: Two South African Activists Win For Halting Russian Nuclear Deal". CNN. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.