Christelle Terreblanche
 Christelle Terreblanche  (political activist, journalist) | |
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| Alma mater | Stellenbosch University |
Christelle Terreblanche is a veteran South African political journalist and environmental activist. She started a Research Masters in Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s School of Built Environment and Development Studies (Centre for Civil Society) in 2013, focusing on climate justice alternatives in the Global South.
Terreblanche has covered the political transitions in Namibia and South Africa up close, and reported on national and regional politics for over twenty years, recently as Associate Editor: Politics at the Independent Newspapers Group. In 1996, she joined The Truth and Reconciliation Commission as spokesperson and media liaison officer; and later also as researcher and investigator. She returned to newspapers after a stint in radio. During the next ten years, her focus was mostly on in-depth coverage of national political debates and trends, such as poverty, aids, labour; policy, legislative and oversight processes; as well as party political battles and intrigues.
Most recently, Terreblanche has worked as Researcher-Educator at the International Research and Information Group (ILRIG) following a stint as National Coordinator of the One Million Climate Jobs Campaign at the Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) and editorial advisory board member of Amandla! magazine. She traded in her political correspondent’s hat for eco-politics after completing a BPhil in Sustainable Development at Stellenbosch University’s Sustainability Institute in 2009.[1]
