OUR PEOPLE

Our campaign is run by a small active management team (our board), a full-time coordinator, part-time staff and volunteers.

They are supported by our 20 or so members, individuals who strongly support our work and whom we have invited to join our voluntary association. 

OUR TEAM

The people behind Fossil Free SA

David Le Page

CO-FOUNDER & COORDINATOR

David is an environment and human rights journalist who has worked at or with the Mail & Guardian, Treatment Action Campaign, and Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute. David is also FFSA vice-chair.

Jo-Anne Smetherham

COMMUNICATIONS (PART-TIME)

Jo is an award-winning journalist and PR practitoner with 25 years’ experience and a passion for telling stories of those working to create a more humane and sustainable world.

Eugene Fisher

ADMINISTRATOR (PART-TIME)

Eugene is a human rights activist, administrator and outdoor lover who has also worked with Harvest of Hope and the Children’s Resource Centre.

Mitchelle Mhaka

SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR (PART-TIME)

Mitchelle is a computer scientist and youth climate activist who is passionate about using technology to help create a better and more just world.

Stephen Horn

CLEAN CREATIVES SA COUNTRY DIRECTOR

An award-winning producer and director, Stephen brought the Clean Creatives campaign to South Africa and is helping launch and lead Clean Creatives SA as a key programme of Fossil Free SA. Stephen is also a member of our management committee.

Sarah Robyn Farrell

LEAD DIVESTMENT CAMPAIGNER

Sarah has spent her career advocating for sustainability and socio-environmental justice. She fulfils a multiplicity of roles in the climate justice space including FFSA divestment campaigner. She is also a writer and musician.

James Granelli

FOSSIL AD BAN CAMPAIGNER

James was involved in our UCT divestment campaign and is now a campaigner on our Cape Town Fossil Ad Ban campaign. He is passionate about climate and socio-ecological justice, political ecology, and transdisciplinary research. He is also an avid photographer. 
 
Thameena Dhansay
 

FOSSIL AD BAN CAMPAIGNER

Thameena is a campaigner on the Cape Town Fossil Ad Ban campaign. Having just graduated with an Honours degree in Media Theory and Practice from the University of Cape Town, she is passionate about harnessing the power of storytelling to shift perspectives and enact meaningful change in society.

Emma Del Cuore

CLEAN CREATIVES CAMPAIGNER

Emma Del Cuore is a campaigner for Clean Creatives South Africa with a Master’s degree in Climate Change and Sustainable Development from the University of Cape Town (UCT). She is passionate about earth and the people on it, and her mission is to inspire change through effective storytelling of many different forms.

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (BOARD)

The people behind Fossil Free SA

Thando Lukuko

CHAIR

Thando is the national node coordinator for the SA Climate Action Network, and a past community development practitioner at Project 90 by 2030

Andrew Park

TREASURER

Andrew is a psychological counsellor, teacher, educational content developer and activist with Extinction Rebellion South Africa. He has been one of our most active volunteers. 

Jigisha Mandalia

SECRETARY

Jigisha supported our Fossil Free UCT campaign as a student activist in the Green Campus Initiative and now works for a renewable energy company.