Angelo Louw
A journalist by profession and activist at heart, Angelo C Louw is a seasoned media personality with nearly two decades of experience as a storyteller. Better known for his award-winning documentaries and his thought leadership at news outlets such as Huffington Post and Daily Maverick, Louw uses his access to the media to focus on marginalised groups. He has recently released a collection of writing spanning his career as a columnist, but it has always been his ambition to enter the creative literary space. He is a Hubert H Humphrey/Fulbright alumnus, 2019 TYI SADC Top 100 Winner, and awardee of the 2021 Mail and Guardian 200 Young South Africans. Louw is currently completing a Critical Diversity Studies master’s degree at Wits University. Angelo C Louw is a contestant in the "40 Under 40 South Africa 2020" competition in the Environmental and Climate Sustainability category.
Short.Sharp.Stories anthology, Power: interview with Angelo Louw, author of "Above and beyond the water’s edge"
2025-08-26"At Greenpeace, I see the impacts of the climate crisis daily. And so, I firstly wanted to remind myself why I am still fighting as a climate justice activist, despite things looking so bleak. But I also delved deeper into the idea of climate apartheid. We are not equally impacted by the climate crisis; people with money can simply relocate when they’re at risk. I wanted to explore what would happen to my community once the wealthy residents abandoned Cape Town."