Our last newsletter for 2025 is here! We cover why we're taking Thungela to court, celebrating our roll of honour, and more! Read it here: fossilfreesa.substack.com

Communities united at our march in Jo’burg last month to challenge TotalEnergies’ century of oil and gas expansion. Those whose lands, oceans and livelihoods are at risks made their message clear: No to fossil fuel expansion! Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ljw... #NoNewOilAndGas

Shareholders, namely Fossil Free South Africa, Just Share SA, and Aeon Investment Management, are taking Thungela to court for repeatedly refusing to table their climate resolutions ⚖️ Read more here: justshare.org.za/media/news/s...

Check out the We The 99% event we collaborated on with Coalition for Human Rights in Development, WWF South Africa, Project 90 by 2030, SAFCEI, 350.org, The African Centre for Governance, and the Centre of Applied Legal Studies 🫱🏾‍🫲🏿

Our team loved attending We the 99's People’s Summit at Constitution Hill! 🌍 From imagining a green industrial future to hearing community climate stories, it was inspiring. Grateful for new connections and excited for more intersectional climate work in the new year! 🌱

We marched to @totalenergieseneos.bsky.social to deliver a letter of demands, co-signed by 56 social justice movements. We’re demanding that they aligns their actions to urgent calls: Ban fossil fuel greenwashing, fast track renewables, and stop all new oil and gas development.

We co-hosted a roundtable with Wits’ Global Change Institute on their fossil-fuel links and what real climate leadership should look like. Wits can lead with transparency, net-zero alignment and a just energy transition. ✊🏽 Sign the pledge if you want your university to do the same: lnkd.in/dgDxm6Dw

💣“They say ‘Just Transition, leaves no one behind’. But when you look at the reality, everyone is left behind.” - Zethu Hlatshwayo, South African climate justice activist featured in CEO’s documentary. Join us for the premiere in Brussels on 27th Nov at 7pm 🎬 Watch our new trailer 👇

COP30 and the G20 are coming, but will the 99% be heard, or the 1% again? 🌱 Fossil fuel interests and “green growth” myths drown out real climate justice. We’ll be at the People Summit in Joburg, 20–22 Nov. Join us at the Energy Imbizo for a just, fossil fuel-free future. 🎟️ wetheninetynine.com

We call on TotalEnergies to end a century of exploitation, greenwashing, and fossil fuel (coil, oil and gas) expansion in Africa! Join 31 other social justice organisations by signing the letter of demand to TotalEnergies 👉: tinyurl.com/Totalenergie... #NoMoreGreenwashing #StopEACOP

Community members from oil-affected districts raised their voices at the Communities Tribunal for Justice & Reparation during the recent #KickTotalOutofAfrica week. Byabakama Geoffrey shared his ordeal fearing arrest. Join us in Joburg, at 10am, to #STOPEACOP. Sign here 👉: shorturl.at/J1mMv

Is UCT’s divestment commitment under threat? How can energy from the sun and create more jobs? Can creative agencies take bold stances on fossil fuel advertising? We answer these questions, and more, in our latest newsletter 🗞️🚨 Read it here 👉🏽 fossilfreesa.substack.com or at the link in our bio 🤓

✊ This is what student power looks like! Students just forced Edge Hill University to take a stand against some of the world’s most destructive corporations - massive oil, coal and gas companies + companies profiting from the detention, deportation and misery of migrants. Share the huge news!

Hurricane Melissa made 4 TIMES more likely by global warming. Reliance on oil, gas and coal increased its likelihood and intensity. These storms will become even more devastating if we continue overheating the planet by burning fossil fuels. By Xantha Leatham www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

Some context as to why we launched our #climatehope campaign 💡🌍Visit the online resource hub on our website: www.fossilfreesa.org.za/climatehope #hopecore #naturewins #earth #fossilfuels #gaslightingtheplanet

Register now to join the conversation on how fast fashion and fossil fuels (coal, oil, and gas) are connected and what we can do to protect our planet. 📅: Wed, 22 October 2025 🕑: 17:00 PM – 18:00 PM 🔗:Register here: tinyurl.com/fastfashion-... #climatejustice #greenwashing #fastfashion

What’s the real cost of fast fashion? Join FAB, Greenpeace Africa,Fashion Revolution South Africa & experts for a conversation exploring the ties between fast fashion & fossil fuels,&how they affect our planet. 📅: Wed, 22 October 2025 🕓: 17:00 PM – 18:00 PM 🖇:Register: tinyurl.com/fastfashion-...

We're launching our new campaign, #ClimateHope, which we've been working on for weeks and are very excited to make public 🥳 We're debunking a host of #climatemyths, promoting science-based truths, and empowering us all to climate action. 🔗 Find out more on www.fossilfreesa.org.za/climatehope

Read: "Research lead Professor Janet Cherry said that a truly just energy transition means ‘restructing the economy to be owned and controlled by ordinary people’." Story by @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social Read the full investigation here: tinyurl.com/5a6n99wz

With climate literacy, learners are empowered to challenge injustice and lead the fight for climate justice. #fossiladbansa #fossiladban #greenwashing #climatejustice

We gathered to protest Africa Energy Week outside the CTICC in Cape Town. We protested against false energy solutions that protect profit over our people ✊🏽 Thank you to The Green Connection, African Climate Alliance, SAFCEI, Project 90 by 2030, Extinction Rebellion, and Climate Justice Coalition 🌱

READ | Are SA MPs indirectly profiting from the climate crisis? Their pension fund won’t disclose fossil fuel investments — despite a legal request. Our op-ed with @OpenSecretsZA explains why this matters for climate justice & democracy. Read it here 👉🏾 www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

WATCH | Last week at African Climate Alliance's Energy Justice Day, we asked some attendees what they’re most excited about when imagining a fossil fuel-free South Africa 🌞 www.instagram.com/reel/DOne7Db...

WATCH | Last week at African Climate Alliance's Energy Justice Day, we asked some attendees what they’re most excited about when imagining a fossil fuel-free South Africa 🌞 www.instagram.com/reel/DOne7Db...

Energy Justice Day with African Climate Alliance was powerful 💥 From divestment to direct action, we explored real ways to challenge fossil fuels & the climate crisis. Big thanks to ACA, Project 90x2030, and the Alternative Information Development Centre for this space 🌍

READ: Our latest newsletter is live! 🗞️ Read it here: fossilfreeuct.substack.com/p/how-deep-i...

Did you catch our stall at the Open Book Festival over the weekend? 📚 Thank you to everyone who stopped by our stall to learn more and sign our pledges in support of a fossil fuel-free future! Visit www.fossilfreesa.org.za/getinvolved if you want to join our community 🌞

Lazola Kati, Campaign Manager of the @fossiladbansa.bsky.social campaign, spoke at #AfricaClimateWeek in Addis Ababa on building public support to challenge fossil fuel greenwashing. Learn more about our campaign through the links in our bio. #fossiladbansa @fossilfreesa.bsky.social

Convened by the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance – National Oil & Gas Conference 2025 Noxolo Mfocwa, Advocacy Campaigner at Fossil Free South Africa’s Fossil Ad Ban campaign, joins the call to Protect Our Land and Oceans, Securing Our Future. #fossiladbansa @fossilfreesa.bsky.social

🎙️Listen In! Noxolo Mfocwa, Advocacy Campaigner of the @fossiladbansa.bsky.social, talks to Stephen Grootes on The Money Show. Radio 702 & CapeTalk | 19:00 📻Listen here: Radio 702: tinyurl.com/Radio-702 Cape Talk: tinyurl.com/Cape-Talk #fossiladban #fossiladbansa @fossilfreesa.bsky.social

📻 Listen In Noxolo Mfocwa, Fossil Ad Ban Advocacy Campaigner, joins Radio Islam to discuss Alkemi Collective, Africa’s first creative agency to back nationwide ban on coal, oil & gas ads. Listen here: tinyurl.com/listen-to-ra... #fossiladban #fossiladbansa @fossilfreesa.bsky.social

Here is the full interview with Noxolo Mfocwa, Advocacy Campaigner, as she discusses Alkemi Collective’s groundbreaking endorsement of the nationwide ban on coal, oil, and gas ads. Listen here: tinyurl.com/2wfre7nz #fossiladban #fossiladbansa @fossilfreesa.bsky.social

📢 Press release: “Fossil fuels are the new tobacco” − Alkemi Collective says it’s time for a ban “Our agency took a stand to endorse the Fossil Ad Ban campaign,” said Alkemi Collective’s CEO, Bradly Howland. Read more here: tinyurl.com/yc2zv4xn #fossiladbansa @fossilfreesa.bsky.social

“It’s high time for a ban, and I urge other creative agencies to sign the Fossil Ad Ban pledge,” said Alkemi Collective’s CEO, Bradly Howland. ✍️ Sign the pledge: tinyurl.com/2ax3jkft #fossiladban #fossiladbansa @fossilfreesa.bsky.social

Have you seen our Media & Publications Manager, Jo, being interviewed by Ekse Live on our new Climate Hope campaign that we're launching soon? 🎥 WATCH: www.instagram.com/reel/DN0qaOP...

Come visit our stall next week at the 2025 Open Book Festival in Cape Town! 📚 We'll be there to chat to you about our campaigns, how you can get involved, and any fossil fuel-free related questions you may have. See you there 🌞

Join us on Wednesday, 10 September for Energy Justice day at The Commons, Muizenberg as part of African Climate Alliance's Cape Town Climate Week 📣 Register here: cloud.seatable.io/dtable/forms...

We're hearing live testimonies from communities across Africa about the impacts that Total Energies has had on their environments, health, and livelihoods. Thank you @350.org for organising such a powerful event.

Are you an academic/affiliated with a South African university? Find out more about why you should sign our Climate Leadership Platform, to demand your university to take climate action ‼️

Calling all university students 📣 The Gen Z's on our team have created memes to better explain why you, your friends AND your lecturers should sign our Climate Leadership platform! Use this link to sign your support: www.fossilfreesa.org.za/blog/unis-di...

✊ Communities across Africa are uniting to say NO! #KickTotalOutofAfrica @stopeacop.bsky.social @fossilfreesa.bsky.social #fossiladbansa #fossiladban #KickPollutersOut #StopEACOP

Are you an academic/affiliated with a South African university? Find out more about why you should sign our Climate Leadership Platform, to demand your university to take climate action ‼️

Calling all university students 📣 The Gen Z's on our team have created memes to better explain why you, your friends AND your lecturers should sign our Climate Leadership platform! Use this link to sign your support: www.fossilfreesa.org.za/blog/unis-di...

The climate crisis is still solvable, if we all work together and polluters are held accountable. #endfossilfuels #environmentaljustice

Sponsoring African football @CAF_Online doesn't guarantee @TotalEnergies to fund our arrests,brutality&defying national constitution. Global North #StopFossilFuelsSubsidies to save youths,biodiversity,nature&biodiversity. Hopes for a just renewable energy transition is fading @ucjglobal.bsky.social

In celebrating women today, let's remember those in frontline communities impacted by mining and extractive industries. Their struggles, solutions, and voices in the fight for climate justice deserve recognition. Happy Women’s Day! #FossilAdBan #FossilAdBanSA

READ | "Any sustainable debt solution must acknowledge that Africa in particular, and the global south generally, should not pay to fix a climate crisis they didn’t create." @theconversation.com Link: tinyurl.com/yc7xh6m4

Mining companies often promise jobs when they enter a community. But people with limited skills are usually excluded and left without any economic opportunities. Sign the pledge to help expose the lies: tinyurl.com/2h55bvsk #FossilAdBan #FossilAdBanSA

𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝘀 - show climate leadership by joining the Fossil Free Declaration. ✍️ 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘀 - tag your favourite athletes & teams to encourage them to join. 📢 Polluting sponsors are everywhere in sport - let's change that. 👇

Think you can’t be influenced by advertising? Think again. Fossil fuel companies use manipulative marketing to appear environmentally responsible, but they are driving the climate crisis. Sign the pledge to stop the lies: forms.gle/sAYMSnvogW3H... #FossilAdBanSA #FossilAdBan