Ayakha Melithafa (an haife ta a shekara ta 2001/2002 ) ƴar Afirka ta Kudu Ce mai rajin kare muhalli. Melithafa ya fito daga Kogin Eerste, Western Cape, yankin Cape Town . A yanzu haka daliba ce a Cibiyar Kimiyya da Fasaha a Khayelitsha . Melithafa na daya daga cikin yara 16, wadanda suka hada da Greta Thunberg, Alexandria Villaseñor, Carl Smith, da Catarina Lorenzo don gabatar da korafi ga Kwamitin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan Hakkokin Yaran saboda gazawa yadda ya kamata game da matsalar yanayi. Melithafa ya kuma ba da gudummawa ga aikin 90 na 2030 na 2030 YouLead, wata kungiyar Afirka ta Kudu ta kuduri aniyar rage kaso 90 cikin 100 a 2030. Ruby Sampson ne ya dauke ta aiki a cikin watan Maris din shekara ta 2019 don shiga Kungiyar Hadin gwiwar Matasan Afirka, inda aka ba ta damar yin gabatarwa, halartar taro da sauran al'amuran da suka shafi yanayi. Ta kuma zama jami'in daukar ma'aikata na Kawancen Yankin Afirka. Musamman, Melithafa yana ba da shawara don haɗa muryoyi daban-daban cikin gwagwarmayar yanayi: "Yana da matukar muhimmanci ga matalauta da masu launi iri-iri su je wadannan zanga-zangar da jerin gwanon saboda suna jin fushin canjin yanayi sosai.