EVENTS
Take a look at our upcoming and past events across all our campaigns here.
Upcoming
Any upcoming events will be listed below.
Speaking of power: Climate Hope, energy myths, and the just transition
How do we talk about climate and energy to drive change? 💡
Join Fossil Free South Africa and the African Climate Alliance for a panel discussion on Climate Hope and communicating for a just energy transition and climate justice, with voices from: media, activism, policy, and academia.
Beverages for sale. Lunch included. Book your free ticket at tinyurl.com/speakingofpower
Responsible investing and investment merit
How integrating sustainability into investment decision-making is a crucial part of building resilient client portfolios 🌍
Accreditation: FPI CPD Points Approved
About the Event
As a South African Independent Financial Advisor (IFA), you occupy a critical position in the investment ecosystem. While interest in ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) factors is growing rapidly, many advisors feel under-equipped to address client questions that sit at the intersection of values and financial returns.
Does integrating sustainability mean sacrificing performance? How do you translate complex global trends into actionable advice for a local retail portfolio?
Join Fossil Free South Africa (FFSA) for this practical, education-first webinar. We skip the jargon and focus on the investment merit—equipping you with the evidence, frameworks, and language you need to lead confident, high-value conversations with your clients.
Carbon Captured? Report launch
📢 For the first time, South Africa has an overview of fossil fuel industry partnerships across higher education. Inspired by mounting and worrying international evidence about the consequences of such partnerships without proactive, clear guardrails, our director David Le Page and campaigner Steph Cookson have published a report with recommendations for our universities. This webinar will share the findings and the report, and we hope to see you - students, academics, university leadership and alumni - there!
Register here:
Climate Leadership for a Just Transition
Scan the QR code in the poster to join online.
Universities should be pillars of Climate leadership. Fossil Free SA emerged from the 9 year campaign with over 5000 signatures from staff and students culminating in UCT's 2022 commitment to fossil fuel divestment (a prudent financial strategy and condition of moral authority on the climate emergency). What has happened since this commitment? What principles can UCT embrace to lead the way for climate action and a just energy transition in Africa? And, how can staff be part of this?
Universities are the institutions that lead most of the research outlining the scale and severity of the climate crisis, and its probable impacts on Africa. Many South African universities have missions and visions for being centres of social justice and should be communicating the full risks of climate change to society at large, offering social leadership rather than giving the wrong tacit signals to the rest of society. FFSA's Climate Leadership Platform offers a framework for UCT to do this.
EcoMaties x Maties Underwater Club event
Conversations that matter start here.
Join EcoMaties × Maties Underwater Club x fossil free for an engaging evening with special guest Milan Burnett as we unpack the realities of offshore oil and gas development and its impact on West Coast communities.
From environmental concerns to community voices, this discussion creates space for learning, reflection, and real conversations that inspire change. 💙🌍
After the talk, stay for a relaxed social with food, refreshments, and the chance to connect with fellow students and ocean advocates.
📍 Maties Underwater Club Clubhouse, Coetzenburg
📅 Wednesday, 6 May
⏰ 17:30 – 20:00
Come for the conversation, stay for the community.✨
Scan the QR Code in the poster to RSVP!
Conscious Capital Course: Session 3
Do you want to learn how to build and manage long-term wealth, navigate investment costs, apply practical asset allocation to your monthly savings, AND make sure they align with your morals? Then join us for our third Conscious Capital course session 💰🌍 Register at tinyurl.com/conscioussession3 or at the link in bio 🔗
Hey UCT, where are you putting our money?
UCT promised to stop investing in fossil fuels in 2022. For 3 years, they didn't even update the website. Then, in 2025, they quietly pushed their net zero commitment back by 10 years to 2040. The climate crisis doesn't have that kind of time.
But the real problem is about more than the climate crisis. The real problem is that there is no public list of UCT's investments. That means we don't know where our money is going. And they won't tell us. From SASOL to Glencore to Israel, UCT money could be doing real damage - and we have no way of knowing.
Meanwhile, we pay some of the highest fees in the country and still watch our classmates starve, get financially excluded, and sit in buildings that fall apart. We deserve answers. We deserve transparency.
Mass March: No Faith in False Solutions
We’re saying NO to false solutions to a just transition!
This Earth Day, we raise our voices against industrial agriculture, factory animal farming, nuclear energy, uranium mining, gas, and oil, all harmful “solutions” that threaten our climate, communities, and livelihoods.
✊ No Faith in False Solutions! Nothing About Us Without Us!
We invite you to join by us, mobilise your communities, and amplify our collective voice demanding people-driven and people-centred solutions.
📅 Date: Wednesday, 22 April 2026 (Earth Day)
🕛 Time: 10:00 – 12:00
📍 Start: Hanover Street (near CPUT campus)
📍 End: Parliament, Cape Town
SAFCEI, Fossil Free SA, Project 90 by 2030, The Green Connection, African Climate Alliance, South Durban Community Environmental Alliance, Extinction Rebellion, Earthlife Africa, Green Anglicans, Masifundise and SCAT will submit a joint memorandum demanding accountable, renewable energy solutions.
📩 Questions? Email Lydia Petersen at lydia@safcei.org.za or WhatsApp +27 73 084 3869
Dress to Deceive: Fast fashion and the next steps for a sustainable future
💥 Part 2 is here 💥
[WEBINAR INVITATION] Unlocking insights into fast fashion and its real impact − sign up for our webinar!
Fast fashion isn’t just about clothing trends; it’s about people, the planet and the truth behind greenwashing.
Join us and discover how we can take real action.
📅Date: 15 April 2026
⏰ Time: 17:00 pm - 18:30 pm
🔗Register here or via the link in our bio: https://tinyurl.com/FAB-WEBINAR-REGISTER
👖👗Your wardrobe matters; but so does its impact on the world🌍.
🤝 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 🎉
Conscious Capital Course: Session 2
It's time for Conscious Capital session two! 💰 In this session, we're diving into topics like different growth perspectives and the basics of investment risk and speculation.
If you'd like to learn how to use your investments to help create a more sustainable future, dial in next Wednesday 💻 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/consciouscapital2 (or check the link in bio)
And don't worry if you missed our first session, it's available to watch on our YouTube @fossilfreesouthafrica142 🎬
Greenwashing & Climate Justice School's Workshop
Our Fossil Ad Ban campaign is hosting their first school’s workshop in collaboration with Project 90×2030, African Climate Alliance, and The Green Connection. If you’d like to organise a workshop for your school, see the details below:
Climate Café: Energy Justice Day 🌍
Join the Climate Cafe on 10 September 2025 in Muizenberg, Cape Town, for an interactive event on energy justice, fossil fuel accountability, and community action during Cape Town Climate Week.
Open Book Festival
Visit our stall at the Open Book Festival market place between 05-07 September 2025 📚 We’ll be there to chat with you about all our campaigns and how you can join our community in striving for a safer, more prosperous future for all South Africans. See you there!
10th birthday celebrations and Annual General Meeting
Join us as we celebrate a decade of climate action, impact, and community at Fossil Free South Africa’s 10th Birthday and Annual General Meeting! 🌍
This special gathering is more than a milestone — it's a moment to reflect on our collective achievements, explore bold new directions, and strengthen the relationships that motivate our work.
✊🏽 What to expect:
David's report and a space to raise any comments or issues
Campaign highlights & a chance to connect with our campaigners about our work
Catered vegetarian canapés (with some vegan and gluten free options) and limited catered beverages (cash bar available at the venue)
A space to connect meaningfully with our community and other organisations in the climate space
An opportunity to foster more collaboration with local NGOs and NPOs
A musical performance from local artists (TBC)
📆 Date & Time: Saturday 12 July 2025; 17h00-21h00 (arrival between 17h00-17h30)
📍 Venue: The Tafel space at HCC Homecoming Centre, Corner of Buitenkant St & Caledon St, District Six, Cape Town, 8001
Whether you’re a long-time supporter or a new face in the climate justice space, we’d love to have you with us as we plan the next chapter together.
Let’s celebrate, reflect, and reimagine a life beyond fossil fuels.
*Disclaimer: There will be a professional photographer and videographer that will be shooting content to use on FFSA's offcial social media platforms.
Inter Varsity Climate Fest
We’ve been invited to UCT’s Green Campus Initiative’s Inter Varsity Climate Fest! 🌍
This event invites climate organisations from all over Cape Town to join UCT, Stellenbosch University and other students for a day of eco action, education and fun. They’ll be hosting several different eco activity workshops and serving vegan snacks. See you there!
Temperature Rising Screening
Join us for a free documentary screening of Temperature Rising, which follows climate activists in Africa calling for radical solutions to limit escalating heating that threatens their communities.
You will have the opportunity to meet Jacqueline van Meygaarden, the documentary’s producer, as well as the chance to win one of 4 raffle prizes worth R150!
Clean Creatives SA: Climate Mixer
You are invited to join a collaborative space with Clean Creatives South Africa and supporting agencies to network, identify challenges agencies face in committing to a fossil-fuel-free future and explore innovative solutions together.
The CCSA Climate Mixer will feature speakers from leading South African agencies, who are paving the way for the climate conversation. Hear from them and how they’ve done it, and explore what you can do to start putting measures in place.
Engage with industry experts like Bradly Howland (PRISA & Alkemi Collective), Jo Eyre (Voxeon), Emma King (Friday Street Club), Tom Fels (Animarem & B Lab Africa) and more!
Date: Thursday, 13 March | 6-8:30pm
Location: Habitus Rooftop, 61 Loop Street, Cape Town
Fossil Ad Watch: Report Launch
The Fossil Ad Ban campaign is launching the first fossil fuel greenwashing report in South Africa. This report exposes how companies in the oil, gas, and coal industries craft deceptive narratives around sustainability to obscure the environmental damage they cause.
The event brings together stakeholders and changemakers dedicated to confronting and challenging greenwashing practices in South Africa. We would love for you to join us.
Please RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/fabevent3 and share with any contacts who may be interested in attending. We look forward to seeing you there!
Investment Justice Walk
Join us for the Investment Justice Walk on November 15, 2024, in Cape Town. Starting at St George's Cathedral, we'll embark on a 7 – 8 km walk through key historical and financial sites in Cape Town, exploring the history of ethical investment and climate issues.
We’ll traverse the Iziko Slave Lodge, Parliament, the District Six Museum, the Castle of Good Hope, the Civic Centre, Ninety-One and Allan Gray in the Waterfront.
RSVP at bit.ly/ffsajusticewalk to receive more details! Don’t forget your water, sunscreen, walking shoes, and hat. We will have stops for refreshments and bathroom breaks. Parking is available nearby, and we'll provide transport back to St George's Cathedral from the Waterfront.
Let's take a stand for a sustainable future!
Stop Africa Energy Week Protest
🚨 Stop African Energy Week: Postponed to 8 October 🚨
Join us on the 8th of October 2024 to say NO to Africa Energy Week & to call for an end to the unholy alliance between the fossil fuel industry, finance capital & African governments.*
Important Information: 📢
We will be gathering at Sandton Central Park (Cnr Grayston & Sandton/Leila Khalid Drive) from 09:00 and marching to the African Energy Chamber via the representatives of fossil fuel imperialism, war and destruction. Including the home base of Paramount Group’s Ivor Ichikowitz, the U.S Consulate, and the headquarters of Sasol.
For comrades who are unable to attend in person, we will circulate a sharepack and digital toolkit the day before the action to ensure that there are still opportunities for you to participate and lend your voice in solidarity and support.✊
Planet A Investment Launch
Ready to invest in a sustainable future? Many South Africans are unknowingly investing in fossil fuels through their savings and pensions, accelerating climate change and contributing to social harms.
Future in Focus hosted by Fossil Free South Africa, African Climate Alliance and UCT’s Green Campus Initiative
📣 For the first time in South African history, young activists are leading a class action climate change court case demanding the government halt the development of new coal.
Picnic and Unpack: Greenwashing
SANParks Week offers South Africans free access to our national parks, but what are the hidden costs of this "free" entry?
Join us for a “Picnic and Unpack” session where we'll dive into how fossil fuel companies like TotalEnergies use sponsorships to paint themselves as environmental stewards, distracting us from their harmful impact on people and planet.
Enjoy a relaxed picnic setting while we connect, share insights, and challenge the narratives that allow big polluters to escape accountability.
Bring snacks, blankets, friends and an open mind!
🗓️ Date: Saturday, 14th of September 2024
📍 Meeting point: start of the Pipe Track Trail/opposite the bottom of the Kloof Nek parking lot
🕒 Time: 10h00-12h00
Register: https://tinyurl.com/FABevent2
Webinar on “Climate change, women’s health and the fossil fuel influence”
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Crises in DRC
Join next Monday evening at UCT to shine a light on the struggle in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our senior advisor, Sarah Robyn Farrell, will be participating on a panel discussion with Olivier Mulombo (UCC) and Alex Hotz (WOMIN). Experience thought-provoking discussions with our expert panel, soul-stirring poetry, and vibrant musical performances. Together, let’s raise awareness and stand in solidarity with the DRC and with the Congolese community in Cape Town.
Date: Monday 26 Aug
Time: 6pm
Venue: Chris Hani LT
All are welcome. Free entry.
#UCTforDRC#CongoAwareness#congoisbleeding
Rassemblons-nous lundi prochain à UCT pour mettre l’accent sur la continuation de la quête du Congo pour la liberté. Il y aura des discussions animées par des experts, qui nous invitent à y réfléchir, de la poésie qui parle à l’âme et l’esprit, aussi que des performances dynamiques. Ensemble, nous sommes solidaires de la RDC.
Date: lundi, le 26 août
Quand: 18h
Où: Chris Hani LT, campus nord
Defossilising UCT Divestment Training
UPCOMING EVENT‼️
Save the date, RSVP for in person or online attendance and share this with your friends to get involved in defossilising UCT!✊🏻
Join @fossilfreesa and @gci_uct for for a training session on the importance of divesting from fossil fuels and how to navigate advocacy for divestment within institutions🌍
We hope to see you there!