The Koeberg Alert Alliance (KAA) is a group of organisations and individuals concerned about nuclear reactors at Koeberg (which is 28 km from Cape Town) and opposed to the building of further nuclear reactors at Koeberg,

The KAA has been very active in participating in the Environmental Impact Assessment Process (EIA) process for Nuclear-1, and seeks to inform Capetonians about the issues around Nuclear Power, and spread information about the latest status of Koeberg.

The KAA has also launched PAIA applications, such as for the Koeberg Emergency Response plan, which was refused by Eskom in 2010.

Koeberg Alert was initially formed in 1983 and started out as a local campaign against South Africa’s nuclear programme, in particular the construction of Koeberg Nuclear Power Station. Koeberg Alert was possibly the country’s first activist green movement, apart from Nan Rice’s Dolphin Action and Protection Group. For years it was allied to the broader democratic and anti-apartheid movement. It currently organises various anti-nuclear campaigns, engages with Nuclear related public participation processes, and lobbies decision makers.

It was reformed at the end of 2009, primarily as a Facebook group.  Group membership grew rapidly to several hundred.  The first event was one of the most challenging: presenting to a hostile audience of officials from Eskom, the Department of Energy and the NNR as well as top Areva staff, at the conference Prospects for nuclear expansion conference, in Johannesburg.  Here is a full list of events, and press coverage:

Date	Time	Event
Feb 18th 2010	14h00	Presentation at Prospects for nuclear expansion conference, Joburg
Mar 8th	19h30	Public meeting and presentation, Josephine’s Mill, Newlands
Mar 25th	19h30	Public presentation, Community Centre, Hout Bay
Mar	Day	Photoshoot with Hout Bay school children, for local press
Mar 31st	13h00	Public presentation, IDASA building, Cape Town
Mar 31st	18h00	Screening of Uranium Road, and discussion, Cape Town
Apr 7th	13h00	Public presentation, IDASA building, Cape Town
Apr 7th	18h00	Screening of Buried in Earthskin, and discussion, Cape Town
Apr 15th	12h00	Debate vs Andrew Kenny at UCT sustainable devel. course
Apr 15th	19h00	Co-present with Patrick Dowling (WESSA) to Space Munkeez
Apr 17th	11h00	Meet Reddam learners re debate, EIR submissions, other actions
Apr 19th	17h00 – 20h00	KAA Table at EIR public meeting, Vineyard Hotel, Newlands
Apr 19th	10h00 – 13h00	Nuclear-1 EIR stakeholder meeting, Atlantic Beach Golf Club
Apr 20th	17h00 – 20h00	Nuclear-1 EIR public meeting, Atlantic Beach Golf Club
Apr 21st	17h00 – 20h00	Nuclear-1 EIR public meeting, Thusong Community Centre, Atlantis
Apr 22nd	8h00 – 09h30	Reddam school: address senior pupils re nuclear power dangers
Apr 23rd	12h00 – 13h00	Street protest outside parliament, Carte Blanche footage
Apr 26th	16h00 – 18h00	Hout Bay street protest
May 3rd	13h00 – 13h45	Energy in SA presentation, UCT RW James bldg
May 7th	09h30 – 15h00	Idasa meeting re IRP2
May 10th	10h30 – 11h30	Presentation to Prov minister of environment
Jun 8th	17h00 – 20h00	Reddam school presentation and debate
Sep 2nd	09h00 – 10h00	Meet Omphi Apahne (DoE DDG) at Reddhan school with pupils
Oct 14th	13h00 – 15h00	UCT debate vs Andrew Kenny for sustainable dev. course
Nov 29th	15h45 – 16h15	Presentation to IRP board re IRP2010
Dec 1st	18h30-20h30	Hout Bay Green drinks presentation re IRP2010
2011 Apr 20th	11h00 – 11h30	Right 2 Know campaign presentation re Koeberg Emergency plan
May 5th	12h00 – 13h00	UCT debate vs Andrew Kenny at UCT for sustainable dev. course
May 8th	11h00 – 12h30	Project 90×2030 presentation to schools club
May 25th	18h00 – 21h30	Nuclear-1 EIR presentation in Melkbostrand
Jun 8th	19h00 – 20h30	Hout Bay Greendrinks presentation re Japan & SA nuclear plans
Jul 29th – 30th	All day	Nulcear summit in Plettenberg Bay
Aug 26th	11h00 – 15h00	Alliance partners meeting at Idasa
Sep 29th	15h30 – 17h30	Alliance partners meeting at WESSA
Oct 1st	09h00 – 13h00	Visit with Project 90 school club to Koeberg open day.(Almost marched off the site by security guards!)
Oct 14th	11h30 – 12h30	Presentation to EGI group
Oct 29th	08h00 – 18h00	Hout Bay Green Faire: Petition launch, Art for a Renewable future
Nov 2nd	19h00 – 21h00	Hout Bay Green Drinks: A nuclear future for Cape Town?
Nov 5th	13h30 – 14h00	Novalis Ubuntu institute presentation re nuclear power in SA
Nov 8th	19h00 – 21h00	Presentation to Rotary club Melkbosstrand, at Koeberg Club
Nov 18th – 20th	All day	Stall at GReen Expo, CTICC
Nov 21	18h00 – 20h30	Presentation at Hermanus municipal hall
Nov 22	10h00 – 11h00	Live interview with Whale Coast Radio
Nov 22	15h00	Recorded interview at CTV studio in Observatory
Nov 21	18h00 – 20h30	Presentation at Hermanus municipal hall
Nov 24	10h00 – 16h00	Workshop with R2K activists at AIDC
Nov 28		Travel to COP17 in Durban
Nov 29	14h00 – 15h00	Presentation at Diakonia centre
Dec 3	10h00 – 14h00	March at COP17 with banner, hand out pamphlets
Dec 12	10h00 – 16h00	Second workshop with R2K activists at AIDC
Jan 10 – 19  2012		Travel to Japan for Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World
Mar 5	18h15	Host Nuclear Medley showing at the Labia
Mar 6	18h15	Nuclear Disasters photographic exhibition opening
Mar 7	18h15	Host Nuclear Medley showing at the Labia
Mar 8	09h00 – 16h00	Host Global Conference: Nuclear Power for Africa? NGO day
Mar 9	09h00 – 16h00	Host Global Conference: Nuclear Power for Africa? public day
Mar 10	11h00 – 13h00	Nuclear Disasters photographic exhibition walk through
Mar 11	09h00 – 16h00	Show Into Eternity at the Labia
Mar 17	12h00 – 13h00	Address Miss Earth entrants re nuclear power in South Africa

 Main stream press coverage

Date		Publication
14th Oct 1999	Koeberg Alert fights plan for new reactor	Cape Times
29th Jan 2010	Article re Poster in schools about nuclear energy	Cape Times
10th Feb 2010	Anti-nuclear group opposes visit by ageing British subhttp://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5344774	Cape Times
? Feb 2010	Letters page	Cape Times
March 10th 2010	“Eskom nukes the Cape” http://www.news24.com/Content/	News24.com
March 19th 2010	Article re the NNR, HMS Sceptre and KAA	Cape Times, front page
March 19th 2010	Article re the NNR, HMS Sceptre and KAA	The Argus
March 19th 2010	Article re the NNR, HMS Sceptre and KAA “Ageing nuke sub may dock in SA”	The Mercury
April 4th 2010	Sound bite re HMS Sceptre	SAFM Radio
April 6th 2010	News segment re HMS Sceptre	SABC TV news
April 6th 2010	Talk show re Darling Wind farm and SA energy	UCT Talk radio
April 13th 2010	News segment re NNPT treaty and SA nuke power	eTV morning news
April ? 2011	Right 2 Know meeting	Mail & Guardian
May ? 2011	Nuclear-1 EIA process and EIR	eTV national news
Aug 9th 2011	Letter criticising EIR	Cape Times
Nov	Nukes to cost the Earth	Amandla Magazine
Nov 8th	Koeberg Disaster Plan Kept From View	Cape Times
Jan 5th	Koeberg Must Makes its Emergency Plan Known	Die Burger
Feb 3 2012	Koeberg’s Emergency Plan Comes Under Fire	Business Day
Feb 3 2012	Organisations against nuclear power want to stand together	Die Burger
Feb 3 2012	Koeberg safety protocol ‘outdated’	Cape Times
Mar 26 2012	Interview re Chernobyl and Fukushima photographic exhibition	Fine Music Radio