PRESS RELEASEDate: 12/08/2026Government Appeals Landmark Youth Climate Court Victory as #CancelCoal Case Returns to CourtThe #CancelCoal case returns to court on the 19th of August 2026 as the Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, appeals the High Court judgment handed down in favour of youth-led climate justice organisation African Climate Alliance (ACA), and environmental justice organisations Vukani Environmental Justice Movement in Action (VEM) and groundWork, collectively represented by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER). [ends]FOR EDITORSThe African Climate Alliance is a youth-led, grassroots organisation acting and advocating for Afrocentric climate justice (social, environmental, and climate change justice). The movement was born out of the first-ever major youth-led climate protest in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2019. groundWork is a non-profit environmental justice service and developmental organisation working primarily in Southern Africa in the areas of Climate & Energy Justice, Coal, Environmental Health, Global Green and Healthy Hospitals, and Waste. Centre for Environmental Rights is a non-profit organisation and law clinic based in Cape Town, South Africa.