As debates around energy, development and sustainability intensify across South Africa (SA), questions are also being raised about power, representation, and whose voices are truly being heard in climate decision-making. 

Fossil Ad Ban Advocacy Campaigner at Fossil Free SA, Noxolo Mfocwa recently explored this in a thought-provoking article examining how fossil fuel narratives can undermine meaningful consent and environmental justice in SA. 

We unpacked the contents of the article with her.