CRUDE: Wentworth Community vs Big Oil
This documentary details the shocking knock-on impact of air pollution caused by Big Oil in the South African township Wentworth – including chronic poverty, gender-based violence and epigenetic changes which make community members prone to certain illnesses.
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CRUDE is a sobering reminder of the destruction the fossil fuels industry has already wrecked in Africa – as the continent faces another neocolonial scramble for its resources.
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Decolonisation: A crucial prerequisite to environmental justice in Africa
All across Africa, a colonial approach of extraction and exploitation continues to plague and paralyse economies. It pushes ecosystems to the edge and puts pan-Africanism on a back burner
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Just transition: Air pollution by oil giants is trapping impoverished communities into generations of injustice
The “just-transition” cannot only focus on how the new green world caters for those affected by the energy transition, it must account for those that live with the legacy of pollution
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Big oil is driving gender-based violence and femicide
South Africa’s South Durban Industrial Basin over the years has seen numerous events of ecological damage that continue to feed into gender-based violence and femicide
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The oil cartel has blood on their hands
They are intent on destroying what is good for us, what is good for humanity. They want to profit on the scarcity and desperation they are creating. We have got to put humanity first, because we won’t eat money and we won’t live off the poison.
How you can help
Demand that fossil fuel companies like Shell, BP, Total and Sasol stop climate-wrecking activities in Africa and globally including involvement in new fossil fuel projects and shift to renewables, admit and apologise for their crimes, and repair and pay for the damage they have caused.
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Stop wrecking Africa
Demand that polluters pay for the damages they continue to cause across Africa and that they change course now