Neoka joined The Elders in March 2024 as a Programme Advisor on the Climate Crisis. She has worked in the climate arena for the last 12 years nationally, globally and is now based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Neoka has BSc environmental and biologically sciences from the University KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and PDG Diploma in Sustainability at the Sustainability Institute in Stellenbosch. Outside work Neoka enjoys being an aunt to the lovely children in her family and community of friends. She tries to live by the motto “Justice is what love looks like in public”.