Parliament held public hearings on climate change on 22/23 September, and Fossil Free South Africa made a submission to the hearings.

30 July 2015 The Council Ethical Investment Task Team Appointed by Council The University of Cape Town

Norway confirms $900bn sovereign wealth fund's major coal divestment…

Our core campaign to persuade the University of Cape Town to divest from fossil fuels is continuing.

Development of a fossil fuel divestment strategy for UCT

May Boeve is the new executive director of 350.org, the grass roots global climate movement that three years ago initiated the fast-growing global divestment movement.

There’s been an amazing flood of news on the divestment front over the past couple of months – know that you are part of an extremely fast-growing movement

Our thanks to friends in WWF Norway for this information: highlights from Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund’s first responsible investment report.

Our Divestment Day actions on 13 February went very well. We had about 10 people in action, mostly UCT academics and associates, with some outside support.

International Divestment Day is this coming Friday. Join us at UCT (details below). See other actions (comprehensive global list), such as Pretoria University (details below), or Stellenbosch.

Best wishes for 2015, everyone. Key campaign news…

Durban — The first Fossil Free South Africa road trip came to an end last week In Durban, where we had the pleasure of local Goldman Prize winner Desmond (Des) D’sa addressing the audience before our talks.

First, if you haven't yet donated via our Thundafund appeal, please do so. We value your presence in our network more than your money, but we do need to fund this effort if we're to make this work sustainable.

On Wednesday 12 November, we had our first of several launches for the expanded Fossil Free South Africa campaign at the Mountain Club in central Cape Town.

Our full November launch schedule is now available.

Johannesburg launch: 20 November 2014
Time: 17h30 for 18h00
Venue: St Francis Anglican Church, 44 Tyrone Avenue, Parkview

From our roots at UCT, Fossil Free South Africa is fundraising and scaling up with launches planned across South Africa in November.

We are shooting a video to support fundraising to expand this campaign.

Climate change is a major threat to human life and wellbeing, especially in Africa – but governments just aren't acting fast enough. If coal, gas and oil companies follow their current business plans, devastating consequences will follow.

UCT Chancellor Graça Machel's speech on climate change at the closing ceremony of the UN Climate Summit last week (23 September 2014). Available on video here, starting at about minute 14.