Thuli Brilliance Makama

Thuli Brilliance Makama is a Swazi environmental attorney. She is a Lawyer and the Executive Director of the green group Yonge Nawe/ Friends of the Earth Swaziland, an environmental organization that focuses on environmental justice. Quotes The public needs to be engaged from the bottom up in decision-making and monitoring and so forth. We are hoping that this develops a trend. These are just hunters and gatherers who need this to survive. People are being killed for hunting a small impala It is so helpful to be a part of a network. If Ricardo won [the Goldman Prize] way back when and he’s still at it, I have no right to say I’m tired. I’m going to throw in every ounce of energy I have and hope something will break. Sometimes the water is so hot you can’t put your hand in it. Poverty levels are very high and people are exploiting one environmental resource or another just to earn a living. It wasn't really peculiar to the Swaziland situation. The Game Act does not protect all rangers. External links Category: Environmentalists Category: Women Category: Living people Category: Activists