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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

27 years ago today, groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa was born in direct response to environmentail injustices and climate change. We celebrate the contributions to #EnvironmentalJustice remembering all the people who believed in the work what it takes to effect real change.

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Need to read: 3 stories in Q1March26 newsletter 📖 NERSA miscalculated billions in revenue. Durban community sick on refinery pollution for 50 years now builds solar future. KwaZulu-Natal & Mpumalanga people own their energy Download here: 🔗 groundwork.org.za/wp-content/u...

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

groundWork, Friends of the Earth SA heeds the call on #Earthday2026 Wherever we are, we each have the power to act with sovereignty. Let us take back our power in our own places, spaces and communities, towards a just, peaceful planet on which people are living well with each other and the Earth.

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The Goldman Environmental Prize @goldmanprize.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Meet the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize winners! 🏆🌎 Discover their stories: goldmanprize.org/2026 #GoldmanPrize

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Meet the 7 South African heroes who turned local action into a global legacy. The Goldman Environmental Prize honors grassroots leaders who take significant action for our planet, often without the attention they deserve. We’re profiling the incredible impact they’ve made right here at home. 🇿🇦✨

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CIVICUS @civicusalliance.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

🇿🇦 #SouthAfrica: Rolling blackouts are disproportionately impacting the poor more than the rich. If you are part of the moneyed class, you are less likely to have your power cut. #Eskom 🎧Yegeshni from @groundworksa.bsky.social speaks to #CIVICUSVoices: web.civicus.org/civicusvoices

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

21 March 1960: Robert Sobukwe (PAC) led a peaceful protest standing against the dompas. Apartheid police responded by murdering 69 peaceful protesters in Sharpeville. Today, we remember those who fought Apartheid and those who continue to fight for our constitutional rights. #humanrightsdefenders

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

🌍 *Webinar | Cradle to Grave: Confronting Fossil Fuels and Advancing Health Justice in Africa* Meet the Cradle to Grave panellists and moderator Azeeza Rangunwala! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @cleanairfund.bsky.social @foeint.bsky.social @global.noharm.org @greenpeace.org @

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Communities turned lived experience into evidence, securing a ban on Terbufos, demanding clean air, and stepping into health governance spaces. Health is not negotiable. Support community-led action for clean air, safe food, and justice. #CleanAir #CancelCoal #EnironmentalJustice #HealthJustice

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

At the Socially Owned Renewable Energy Convening, unions, researchers, and activists co-created strategies for community-led renewable energy. Power belongs to the people. Dema a just, equitable energy transition. #EnergyDemocracy #RenewableEnergy #CommunityPower #JustTransition #ClimateJustice

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Community-led solutions like the Durban Zero Waste Project diverted 400 tons of organic waste in one year, showing zero waste is practical and transformative. Expand toxic waste. Expand zero waste. Support policies that protect people, not polluters. #ZeroWaste #CommunitiesDrivingChange

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Just Transition Network Hosted the first-ever Environmental Justice School in French, uniting activists from nine countries to build skills for people-centred transitions rooted in dignity, health, and community power. 📖 gW December Newsletter: groundwork.org.za/december-2025/ #EnvironmentalJustice

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Here is a close look at groundWork's Just Transition and Coal Campaign highlights from 2025. Link to our 2025 December Newsletter: groundwork.org.za/december-2025/

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

A closer look at the Communications Campaign highlight from 2025.

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

4 years ago, champion environmental lawyer Dang Dinh Bach was sentenced to 5 years in prison in Vietnam. We urge Vietnam’s leaders free him this lunar new year. #StandWithBach www.internationalrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/86/2026/01/Solidarity-Statement-DDB-24-January-Anniversary.pdf

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 07/07/2025

MEPs will be in Strasbourg this week to discuss the EU-South Africa #CTIP and what it means for #greenhydrogen and the impact on local communities. This op-ed from campaigner @belenbalanya.bsky.social and @groundworksa.bsky.social's Yegeshni Moodley is essential reading for every MEP taking part.

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Pascoe Sabido @pascoesabido.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

2/2 The Parliament's Delegation to South Africa 🇿🇦 will follow the 🎥 with a hearing on the #CTIP + #greenhydrogen, featuring the DG TRADE + @groundworksa.bsky.social Tomorrow marks the first time the voices of 🇿🇦's impacted communities are heard by EU decision makers - but definitely not the last 📢✊🏼

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Carte Blanche @carteblanche.co.za · 27/09/2025

Government buys a broken oil refinery while global companies simply walk away. What motives lie behind the wall of silence? That's #CarteBlanche this Sunday at 7pm on M-Net channel 101, and DStv Stream. #SouthAfrica #News @groundworksa.bsky.social @opensecrets.org.za

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Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

💥 IMPACT 💥 Oxpeckers associate Thabo Molelekwa is currently in Durban with @groundworksa.bsky.social to unpack socially owned renewable energy. Back in July, we visited a living example of this in the Eastern Cape, called the SalTuba Cooperative. Read all about its impact here: bit.ly/4odp4Tt

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All In: A Revolutionary Theory to Stop Climate Collapse @book-all-in-now.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

David Hallowes, author of the @groundworksa.bsky.social Reports, shares his impression on All In. Read more book impressions and reviews as well as other articles and other content on a revolutionary theory to stop climate collapse in all-in.now

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Check out our Just Transition and Coal Campaign highlight from 2025. Link to our 2025 December Newsletter: lnkd.in/dfe_ujmP featuring the People's Hearing for Human Rights Defenders

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

We’re excited to share our 2025 Highlights - what a year! Thanks to partners, collaborators, allies and Friends of the Earth for walking with us. A joyous and peaceful year end for all. groundwork.org.za/wp-content/u... @foeint.bsky.social @corporateeurope.org

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Bhopal India 3/12/1984 Toxic gas leaked from Union Carbide pesticide plant 1000s died 100s of 1000s live with illness, contaminated water, intergenerational harm. 41 years on Union Carbide & Dow Chemicals walk free Survivors do not Bhopal, UPL Chemical harm is not accidental #EnvironmentalJustice

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

New investigation by @Public Eye reveals shocking double standards by Nestlé. Read more here: groundwork.org.za/sugar-scanda... #ProtectOurChildren #NestléDoubleStandards #FoodJusticeSA #HealthyKidsSA #CorporateAccountability

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

As COP30 begins in Belem, do you remember what you were doing on this fateful day of 10 November in 1995 when Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 Ogoni colleagues were hanged for campaigning nonviolently against the oil company Shell - for defending their most basic rights?

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

"Our Light, Our Power" docci on groundbreaking project places advocacy for a just transition at the heart of SA social movements. Communities are shaping a renewable energy future rooted in justice. VEM ABM SDCEA lead the way to energy democracy. #JustTransition #EnergyDemocracy youtu.be/RxwSPdQezwE

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Today is #GlobalFertilizerDay, but here’s the truth: Chemical fertilizers poison our food, pollute water & air, while tying global food prices to fossil fuel markets. A few corporations profit. The rest of us pay the price Learn more 👇 bit.ly/4nYirn7 #GlobalFertilizerDay #FertilizerDay #FoodJustice

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

VACANCY! Action Appointments is recruiting a Human Resources Officer for groundWork, based in Durban, SA info link: www.actionappointments.co.za/.../human-re.... #Hiring #groundWork #HumanResourcesOfficer #EnvironmentalJustice #NonprofitRecruitment #Durban

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

17 September 2025: Civil society organisations welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal ruling, that has denied Eskom authorisation to build a 3000MW gas-to-power plant in Richards Bay. SDCEA and groundWork hail the judgement a victory for affected communities who weren't adequately consulted.

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Fossil fuels drive climate change, they damage human health, destabilize communities, and put our future at risk - from cradle to grave. Every organ, every body Read: climateandhealthalliance.org/cradle-to-gr... #CradleToGrave #HealthNotFossilFuels #JustTransition #PublicHealth #ClimateAction

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Principles for a Rapid, Equitable & Just Transition to Renewable Energy Systems: Demand: #EnergyDemocracy Reject: #FalseSolutions Get the Principles here: En: drive.google.com/file/d/15Zvr... Fr: drive.google.com/file/d/1OEEB... Por: drive.google.com/file/d/1A6ZK... #RenewablesWithJustice

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 04/06/2025

This is also true for #greenhydrogen A year ago CEO visited 🇿🇦, where petrochemical giant @Sasol is planning a sprawling green H2 export project w/ Port of Rotterdam around Boegoebaai. Check what communities had to say www.corporateeurope.org/en/ScrambleF... @groundworksa.bsky.social‬

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 03/07/2025

How is the EU's new Clean Trade and Investment Partnership #CTIP is helping Europe get control of South Africa's (not-so-green) hydrogen? Read this op-ed by @groundworksa.bsky.social's Yegeshni Moodley and CEO's @belenbalanya.bsky.social euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

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The EU's dirty hydrogen push in South Africa - revealed

EU politicians are presenting green hydrogen as a win-win fuel, claiming it will lead to low-carbon industrialisation in the Global South while decarbonising economies in Europe. The reality on the gr...

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Friends of the Earth International @foeint.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

At the 9th Maputo Workshop on corporate impunity and human rights with JA! / FoE Mozambique and @groundworksa.bsky.social / FoE South Africa We continue to internationalise the struggle to #StopCorporateImpunity, in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of corporate power

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Les Amis de la Terre International @foeint-fr.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Lors du 9e atelier de Maputo avec JA ! / AT Mozambique et @groundworksa.bsky.social / AT Afrique du Sud Nous continuons à internationaliser la lutte pour mettre fin à l'impunité des multinationales, en solidarité avec les communautés affectées par le pouvoir des multinationales

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Day 5 IX Maputo Workshop on Corporate Impunity and Human Rights: African voices gathered to rethink democracy embracing Pan-Africanist alternatives to capitalism. Powerful voices on community resistance, feminist leadership, land sovereignty and confronting extractivism to reclaim Africa’s future.

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 16/07/2025

🚨New video! Communities impacted by green hydrogen projects in South Africa finally had their voices heard by MEPs and the European Commission for the first time. 🤥 Incredibly disappointing: the Commission denied the EU was involved in any of the projects shown corporateeurope.org/en/2025/07/h...

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Download our Q2 June Newsletter here: groundwork.org.za/wp-content/u... Featuring legacy 25th Anniversary Exhibition. Also read about breakthrough banning of Highly Hazardous Pesticide (HPP) terbufos flowing from intervention by the SAPToA

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

What’s the NDC? How can YOU help shape SA’s climate future? Join our Public Brown Bag on 18 July with Brandon Abdinor to learn how to engage with SA’s next big climate commitment. 🕧 12:30–14:00 🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #NDC2025 #LifeAfterCoal #ClimateJustice

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Pascoe Sabido @pascoesabido.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

DG TRADE's Dora Correia responds to comments on the #CTIP by saying very little of substance that's not already in existing documents. Avoids criticisms brought up by South Africa's communities or trade unionists. Says the EU is responding to a call by South Africa ("not our fault, gov"). 1/2

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Pascoe Sabido @pascoesabido.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

South Africa Trade Union Confederation COSATU's Tanya van Meelis warns against the EU-South Africa #CTIP and its push for green hydrogen leading to a new energy colonialism "it must not replicate the exploitative patterns of the past"

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Pascoe Sabido @pascoesabido.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

@groundworksa.bsky.social's Yegeshni Moodley to the European Parliament: "Green hydrogen has been marketed as a promised panacea for all our energy transition woes.... But there are critical flaws in this hypothesis – there is no empty land in my country, and energy is never free."

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

EThekwini Municipality panel discussion #WorldEnvironmentDay2025 to #BeatPlasticPollution. Speakers: Merrisa Naidoo Dr Tamlyn Fleetwood Preston Chetty Dr Princess Sibanda Comment below on ways to #BeatPlasticPollution. @FOE

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Durban students join us for an activation on waste: Bin There, Done That! by Dr Princess Sibanda is a Zero Waste satirical paly set in a university residence, where discarded items like Paper, Plastic, Cardboard, Puthu, and Bones come to life. #climatejustice #activismthrougharts #JustTransition

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Labtalk: #DefendOurDefenders KZN activists share experiences in the face of unlawful expansion of coal mines in KZN that wreaks havoc on the lives, lands, homes, infrastructure and livelihoods of communities on the fencelines. #environmentaljustice #ExhibitionWalkabout #dbnart #kznsa

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groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa @groundworksa.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Opening night: 25 Years of Activism for Environmental Justice exhibition @kznsa.bsky.social curated by collaboration with Vaughn Sadie Programme: Thursday 22 May 16:30-18:00 Reclaiming Health Activism Saturday 24 May 10:00-12:00 Walkabout with legendary activist Bobby Peek 14:00-16:00 Book Launch

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