Western Cape Sub-Committee
Susanna Coleman has been a volunteer on the PHA Food & Farming Campaign, a voluntary association formed to defend the ecological integrity of the PHA farmlands on the Cape Flats, for a decade. The PHA has been the City of Cape Town’s breadbasket for the last 150years. Through taking developers, city and province to the high court (in 2019), Susanna has a good working knowledge of planning and environmental law, as well as the constitution. The processes to defend the farmland from mining and developers are ongoing, and the campaign aims to eventually establish a legal precedent where food security prevails; as well as long term protections. The campaign has a model regenerative farm in the PHA, and is committed to assisting in the land reform, food system, water and climate change challenges we face in South Africa. While activism takes up most of her time, her day job is as a public health optometrist.