Durban — The South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) has elected a new steering committee to take up the environmental challenges in the area.
The SDCEA held their bi-annual general meeting 2022 on Thursday at the Austerville Community Hall in Wentworth.
The alliance's Energy and Just Transition Project officer Kershni Ramreddi said they were very optimistic that the new committee will continue the good work started 27 years ago.
Ramreddi said about 80 community members and people from different organisations of South Durban and the surrounding areas were on board. This BGM was a platform for members to share their experiences and involvement regarding the work SDCEA has done specifically in the period 2020 - 2022.
Guest speaker, consultant Chris Albertyn, spoke about the importance of activism and congratulated the SDCEA on keeping this alive and continuing to fight against polluting industries and corporations.
The chairperson of SDCEA, Vanessa Black, gave her report on the history of the organisation and mentioned all the work the staff of SDCEA takes part in, and how the organisation has grown in the last 27 years.
The co-ordinator of SDCEA, Desmond D’sa, who has fought for his community for the past 27 years and counting, shared his report and the achievements of SDCEA as well as struggles faced by the organisation.
Ramreddi said the community members present were highly impressed with the honesty and transparency of the SDCEA.
“The community was pleased that they were able to be a part of an organisation of this calibre that their work is able to cut across race, creed and colour, bringing people together to challenge unsustainable development,” Ramreddi said.
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