As Metrorail's service in Cape Town has deteriorated, one train has consistently run on time and safely for over 60 years: the Mini Blue Train in Mouille Point.
Young activists say climate consciousness is not apparent among the rest of their generation – with less than half of the population knowing what climate change is.
Current leaders have pushed environmental youth activists aside as though they were not participants of the 1976 Soweto Uprisings – but they still look to the then leaders for guidance on how to fight for systematic climatic change.
Young climate activists say they are tired of young people being used as tokens, only noticed one week of the year, having a perfunctory or symbolic role in discussions and then being discarded.