In March, colleagues shared our Climate Reporting Guide & Climate Media Lab at the African Media Perspectives conference 🖋️
They discussed moving beyond event-driven news to reporting with context & hope 💡
Download the Guide here:
www.fossilfreesa.org.za/climate-jour...
Join us for Session 3 of Conscious Capital course on 5 May 2026 💰 🌍 We’re breaking down how to build long-term wealth without compromising your values. Register here: tinyurl.com/conscioussession3
📖 Read how consumer power can drive social change and why South Africa needs a fossil ad ban now.
🔗 Read on Substack: tinyurl.com/FAB-newslett...
#stopgreenwashing #climateaction #consumerpower #fossiladban #fossiladbansa
Have you heard that Africa “needs” fossil fuels for economic development? 🤔 Watch how we bust this myth and build #climatehope that African countries CAN build a cleaner, healthier, and wealthier future with renewable energy! 💡🌍 www.instagram.com/reel/DW37HQB...
A win for accountability✊
The #FossilAdBan campaign welcomes the decision by Shell South Africa to withdraw environmental advertising claims from its website, following complaints lodged with the Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB).
#fossiladban #stopgreenwashing #fossiladbansa
Tegan Gibaud showed how social media drives fast fashion. In part 2, she will explore how influencers and storytelling can shift consumer habits.
📅Date: 15 April 2026
⏰ Time: 17:00 pm - 18:30 pm
🔗Register here: tinyurl.com/FAB-WEBINAR-...
#fastfashion #sustainablefashion #stopgreenwashing
This Earth Day, we’re demanding an end to public financing for fossil fuels. It’s time to invest in renewables and climate-resilient infrastructure! 🌍✊
Join us in Cape Town to amplify our collective voice for people-centered solutions.
📅 Wed, 22 April
🕛 10:00 – 12:00
📍 Hanover St ➡️ Parliament
Safiyya Karim highlighted the Rana Plaza disaster as a turning point for transparency & worker safety. In part 2, she will explore how campaigns like ‘Who made my fabric?’ empower ethical consumer choices.
📅Date: 15 April 2026
⏰ Time: 17:00 pm - 18:30 pm
🔗Register: tinyurl.com/FAB-WEBINAR-...
REMINDER: It's Conscious Capital session 2 tomorrow! In this session, we're diving into topics like different growth perspectives and the basics of investment risk and speculation. Join us via Zoom here -tinyurl.com/consciouscapital2
At last year’s webinar, Lazola Kati showed how greenwashing hides harm. In part 2, she will show why expanding its definition is key to banning fossil fuel ads.
📅Date: 15 April 2026
⏰ Time: 17:00 pm - 18:30 pm
🔗Register here: tinyurl.com/FAB-WEBINAR-...
#fastfashion #greenwashing #climatecrisis
📻Catch Noxolo Mfocwa live tomorrow morning on Cape Talk’s Views and News, presented by Clarence Ford, to talk about the article she wrote for @dailymaverick.co.za explaining that the impacts of rising oil prices are intensely local and deeply gendered.
🔗: tinyurl.com/Listen-FAB
#oilpricehike
Last year, Hellen Kahaso Dena explained how synthetic fibres create toxic microplastics that end up in our food. In part 2, she will share Greenpeace Africa’s lessons to protect communities from textile waste.
📅Date: 15 April 2026
⏰ Time: 17:00 pm - 18:30 pm
🔗Register: tinyurl.com/FAB-WEBINAR-...
Exciting news 🎉
Sign up for our community journey here: tinyurl.com/ffsacommunity 👈🏾
And stand a chance to win!!
👓 READ: Sam Bovim's oped about why South Africa's Public Investment Corporation needs to shift away from ESG as risk management, and move towards ESG as active value creation. Read it in Business Day here: www.businessday.co.za/opinion/2026...
Don't miss out!!!
Zoom link: tinyurl.com/consciouscapital2
Missed the first session? Catch up here: youtu.be/1O0n3T6xcGI 🎬
🗞️ Our latest newsletter is out! Jo-Anne Smetherham explores The Green Connection's "koeksister economics", the cure for climate anxiety, and how Fossil Free California successfully pushed for $16.5 billion to be divested from fossil fuel companies 🎉
Hosted by Winners Without Gambling & moderated by Noxolo Mfocwa, the discussion explored how industries like fossil fuels, gambling, & alcohol exploit financially pressured communities.
That’s why the #FossilAdBan campaign fights fossil fuel ads and greenwashing.
✊Stop greenwashing. Link in bio!
READ📰🗞️: Noxolo Mfocwa, Fossil Ad Ban advocacy campaigner at @fossilfreesa.bsky.social, writes for @dailymaverick.co.za on the gendered burden of energy poverty.
Read more: tinyurl.com/READ-FAB-Dai...
#fossilfuelphaseout #fossiladban #climatecrisis #renewableenergy
Last year, Saarah Hendricks explored how affordability shapes sustainable choices. Join Part 2 of “Dress to deceive” to learn why choices are hard, who’s responsible, and why models must change.
📅Date: 15 April 2026
⏰ Time: 17:00 pm - 18:30 pm
🔗Register here: tinyurl.com/FAB-WEBINAR-...
📻Listen to Lazola Kati on Radio Islam as she discusses her Sunday World op-ed on South Africa’s fossil fuel dependence and rising fuel costs affecting food, transport, and taxi fares.
Listen here: www.radioislam.org.za
#fossiladban #fossilfuelphaseout #climatecrisis #greenwashing #renewableenergy
📻 Catch Lazola Kati live tomorrow:
8:45AM- SA FM, The Morning Brief with Thulasizwe Simelane
9:35AM- Salaamedia, News and Views with Selaelo Makhwidiri
She warns SA about fuel dependence and rising costs.
SAfm FM: tinyurl.com/FAB-LIVE-SAFM
Salaamedia: salaamedia.com/listen-live/
#climatecrisis
#Meetthemoderator Noxolo Mfocwa
In part 2 of "Dress to deceive” webinar, she will steer the conversation toward real action, moving beyond overconsumption toward a sustainable fashion future.
📅Date: 15 April 2026
⏰ Time: 17:00 pm - 18:30 pm
🔗Register here: tinyurl.com/FAB-WEBINAR-...
Full house for our Conscious Capital launch! 💰 It’s clear we’re ready for personal finance that tackles inequality and the climate crisis. We’re de-stigmatising the struggle and building "Shields" against fossil fuels. Next session is soon! Register for the course: tinyurl.com/cccourseregistration
Our very own Noxolo Mfocwa, advocacy campaigner at Fossil Ad Ban campaign, will moderate a discussion on Economic Justice & Democracy with Sisanda Lwana, Thabisile Miya, and Keitu Kabini, presented by Winners Without Gambling International.
#fossiladbansa
Journalists, broadcasters, climate influencers: this one’s for you! 🎉
Check out our updated Climate Reporting Guide for 2026, which aims to provide journalists with key information they might need as they report on climate change and SA’s energy issues ✍🏾 www.fossilfreesa.org.za/climate-journalism
Exciting news! 🎉 We're launching our first journey for our community this year. Stay tuned to see what the giveaway prizes are. Sign up here: tinyurl.com/ffsacommunity
Take a look at some of the cool prizes on offer for our community journey 🥳 Which one is your favourite? Sign up to join our community journey here: tinyurl.com/ffsacommunity
Want to be part of our 2026 Community Journey (sign up via tinyurl.com/ffsacommunity)?
Attend the “Dress to Deceive” webinar to complete part of the journey 🎉
Fast fashion isn’t just about trends; it’s about people, the planet & the truth behind greenwashing.
Join “Dress to deceive" webinar, & discover how we can take real action.
📅Date: 15 April 2026
⏰ Time: 17:00 pm - 18:30 pm
🔗Register here: tinyurl.com/FAB-WEBINAR-...
#fossiladban#climateaction
How does social media fuel the fast fashion glut & harm the planet? Our blog dives into trends, cheap clothing & water/carbon impacts.
💡Read: fossiladbanct.substack.com/p/register-f...
Register for part 2:
📅Date: 15 April 2026
⏰ Time: 17:pm - 18:30 pm
🔗Register here: tinyurl.com/FAB-WEBINAR-...
