groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa
@groundworksa.bsky.social
Established in 1999, groundWork is a principles driven non-profit environmental justice organisation working towards a just transition and open democracy in South Africa and beyond. Its vision is that people live well with each other and with the earth.
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
Health is not negotiable. Support community-led action for clean air, safe food, and justice.
#CleanAir #CancelCoal #EnironmentalJustice #HealthJustice
January 30, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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
Health is not negotiable. Support community-led action for clean air, safe food, and justice.
#CleanAir #CancelCoal #EnironmentalJustice #HealthJustice
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
Power belongs to the people. Dema a just, equitable energy transition.
#EnergyDemocracy #RenewableEnergy #CommunityPower #JustTransition #ClimateJustice
January 30, 2026 at 6:37 AM
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
Power belongs to the people. Dema a just, equitable energy transition.
#EnergyDemocracy #RenewableEnergy #CommunityPower #JustTransition #ClimateJustice
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
Expand toxic waste. Expand zero waste. Support policies that protect people, not polluters.
#ZeroWaste #CommunitiesDrivingChange
January 29, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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
Expand toxic waste. Expand zero waste. Support policies that protect people, not polluters.
#ZeroWaste #CommunitiesDrivingChange
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
📖 gW December Newsletter: groundwork.org.za/december-2025/
#EnvironmentalJustice
January 29, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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
📖 gW December Newsletter: groundwork.org.za/december-2025/
#EnvironmentalJustice
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/
Link to our 2025 December Newsletter: groundwork.org.za/december-2025/
January 29, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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/
Link to our 2025 December Newsletter: groundwork.org.za/december-2025/
A closer look at the Communications Campaign highlight from 2025.
January 28, 2026 at 12:09 PM
A closer look at the Communications Campaign highlight from 2025.
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
#StandWithBach
www.internationalrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/86/2026/01/Solidarity-Statement-DDB-24-January-Anniversary.pdf
January 28, 2026 at 6:18 AM
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
#StandWithBach
www.internationalrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/86/2026/01/Solidarity-Statement-DDB-24-January-Anniversary.pdf
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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.
This op-ed from campaigner @belenbalanya.bsky.social and @groundworksa.bsky.social's Yegeshni Moodley is essential reading for every MEP taking part.
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...
Read this op-ed by @groundworksa.bsky.social's Yegeshni Moodley and CEO's @belenbalanya.bsky.social
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
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...
euobserver.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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.
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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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 📢✊🏼
Tomorrow marks the first time the voices of 🇿🇦's impacted communities are heard by EU decision makers - but definitely not the last 📢✊🏼
July 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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 📢✊🏼
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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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
September 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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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💥 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
September 30, 2025 at 6:30 AM
💥 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
Reposted by groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa
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
December 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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
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
Link to our 2025 December Newsletter:
lnkd.in/dfe_ujmP
featuring the People's Hearing for Human Rights Defenders
January 13, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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
Link to our 2025 December Newsletter:
lnkd.in/dfe_ujmP
featuring the People's Hearing for Human Rights Defenders
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
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
December 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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
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
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
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
December 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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
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
New investigation by @Public Eye reveals shocking double standards by Nestlé.
Read more here: groundwork.org.za/sugar-scanda...
#ProtectOurChildren #NestléDoubleStandards #FoodJusticeSA #HealthyKidsSA #CorporateAccountability
Read more here: groundwork.org.za/sugar-scanda...
#ProtectOurChildren #NestléDoubleStandards #FoodJusticeSA #HealthyKidsSA #CorporateAccountability
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
New investigation by @Public Eye reveals shocking double standards by Nestlé.
Read more here: groundwork.org.za/sugar-scanda...
#ProtectOurChildren #NestléDoubleStandards #FoodJusticeSA #HealthyKidsSA #CorporateAccountability
Read more here: groundwork.org.za/sugar-scanda...
#ProtectOurChildren #NestléDoubleStandards #FoodJusticeSA #HealthyKidsSA #CorporateAccountability
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?
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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?
"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
#JustTransition #EnergyDemocracy
youtu.be/RxwSPdQezwE
Our Light, Our Power
YouTube video by groundWork SA
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"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
#JustTransition #EnergyDemocracy
youtu.be/RxwSPdQezwE
Victory for the climate: Total has just been convicted of greenwashing!
On the eve of COP30, this decision sets a major legal precedent against climate disinformation from oil majors.
Our press release 👇 www.amisdelaterre.org/communique-p...
On the eve of COP30, this decision sets a major legal precedent against climate disinformation from oil majors.
Our press release 👇 www.amisdelaterre.org/communique-p...
Communiqué pour les 66e commémorations d’Hiroshima et de Nagasaki
Le 6 août 2011, Tokyo - Junichi Mishiba, Directeur Exécutif, Les Amis de la Terre Japon - Ce 6 et ce 9 août marqueront le 66e anniversaire des bombardements d'Hiroshima et Nagasaki. Nous exprimons no...
www.amisdelaterre.org
October 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Victory for the climate: Total has just been convicted of greenwashing!
On the eve of COP30, this decision sets a major legal precedent against climate disinformation from oil majors.
Our press release 👇 www.amisdelaterre.org/communique-p...
On the eve of COP30, this decision sets a major legal precedent against climate disinformation from oil majors.
Our press release 👇 www.amisdelaterre.org/communique-p...
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
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
October 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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
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
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
info link:
www.actionappointments.co.za/.../human-re....
#Hiring #groundWork #HumanResourcesOfficer #EnvironmentalJustice #NonprofitRecruitment #Durban
October 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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
info link:
www.actionappointments.co.za/.../human-re....
#Hiring #groundWork #HumanResourcesOfficer #EnvironmentalJustice #NonprofitRecruitment #Durban
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.
SDCEA and groundWork hail the judgement a victory for affected communities who weren't adequately consulted.
September 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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.
SDCEA and groundWork hail the judgement a victory for affected communities who weren't adequately consulted.
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
Every organ, every body
Read: climateandhealthalliance.org/cradle-to-gr...
#CradleToGrave #HealthNotFossilFuels #JustTransition #PublicHealth #ClimateAction
September 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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
Every organ, every body
Read: climateandhealthalliance.org/cradle-to-gr...
#CradleToGrave #HealthNotFossilFuels #JustTransition #PublicHealth #ClimateAction
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
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
August 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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
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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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
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
June 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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
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