Lerato Balendran is the Centre for Environmental Rights’ Head of Communications.
Lerato is deeply passionate about safeguarding the future of our planet, and believes CER is a valuable platform that empowers people to defend the environment by exercising their Constitutional rights.
As a seasoned media and communications professional, Lerato brings years of relevant experience which includes working in media and broadcasting, as well as serving in the international NGO space such as at 350.org (Africa Team) as the Regional Communications Coordinator and Communications Officer at the Global Campaign for Education.
Lerato holds a BA Honours in Media Studies from UNISA.
In 2020, the global Covid-19 pandemic amplified the way in which financial systems and institutions perpetuate the climate crisis, ecological breakdown and social inequality. At the close of the year, attorney Leanne Govindsamy, the head of CER’s Corporate Accountability programme, posed a challenge to development finance institutions to start prioritising environmental compliance for a better… continued
It is not easy to be a mining executive these days, faced with a global virus pandemic, an economy in recession, a climate crisis and a global energy transition juggernaut causing havoc with export markets. And yet this is really a reckoning, since the mining industry has in many ways contributed to the social, environmental… continued
CAPE TOWN: A coalition of community activists and civil society organisations working in the Eastern Cape are demanding that the Amathole District Municipality, the Amatola Water Board and the Mnquma Local Municipality work together to present a detailed plan for emergency water provision to communities in Ward 28, Centane by 15 December 2020, and a… continued
As we share this message to reflect on the events of 2020, we acknowledge the extraordinary circumstances of this year and the devastating impacts of COVID-19 on lives, health, and livelihoods for people in our country, and around the world. Our staff has been touched by the COVID-19 pandemic in many ways, and our thoughts… continued
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