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Ndileka Mandela, till höger. (Siphiwe Sibeko / AP)

Nelson Mandelas barnbarn: ”Kallar det klimatapartheid”

Ett nytt slags apartheidsystem råder i världen, där de fattiga länderna drabbas av klimatkatastrofer på grund av de rika ländernas utsläpp. Det säger Nelson Mandelas barnbarn Ndileka Mandela till BBC.

– Systemet min farfar kämpade mot innebar att en minoritet utnyttjade och kränkte en stor majoritet av svarta personer. Nu sker det på en global skala, jag kallar det klimatapartheid, säger hon.

En av de största frågorna på den pågående klimatkonferensen COP28 är att fattiga länder ska kompenseras för de rika ländernas utsläpp. En fond har sjösatts men täcker än så länge bara en bråkdel av behovet.

– Afrika, och den globala södern, står för en minimal procent av koldioxidutsläppen, säger Ndileka Mandela.

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Ndileka Mandela
Wikipedia (en)
Ndileka Mandela (born 22 February 1965) is a social activist, former ICU nurse, and the head of a rural upliftment organisation the Thembekile Mandela Foundation in South Africa. She is the first born of Madiba "Thembi" Thembekile Mandela (1945–1969; Nelson Mandela's first born) who died through car accident while his father was in prison; sister of Nandi Mandela (born 1968) and the eldest grandchild of Nelson Mandela.In 2017 Mandela became the first member of her family to reject the party of her grandfather, the African National Congress.In October 2017, as part of the #MeToo campaign to denounce sexual violence, Mandela disclosed for the first time that she had been raped by her then partner in her own bed, five years before. She later said she had been following in her grandfather's footsteps, who had disclosed the HIV status of a family member, in order to combat stigma and call for concerted action against sexual violence.In response another grandchild of Nelson Mandela, Mandla Mandela, issued a statement praising his cousin and calling on others to follow her example.In mid-2018, amid a debate on whether Nelson Mandela had been a "sell out", Ndileka Mandela came out in defence of her grandfather's legacy.
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