Zikhona Ngqula Advocates for Community-Driven Environmental Protection in South Africa

Zikhona Ngqula

For Zikhona Ngqula, protecting the environment starts with listening to the people whose lives depend on it. By combining science, public policy and community knowledge, she is helping shape a more just and sustainable future for South Africa's freshwater ecosystems. At 30, Ngqula is an environmental anthropologist, researcher at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and PhD candidate at Environmental Humanities South at the University of Cape Town. Read the full article