Why does TotalEnergies, a French oil company, love African football so much? The answer lies in sportswashing - a tactic fossil fuel companies are increasingly using to deflect from their harms to society or the environment.In 2020, French oil company Total told shareholders extracting African resources is at the "heart of its strategy." Today, it is the company with the most new planned fossil fuel extraction activities across the continent. Some of these projects, like the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, have been described as "carbon bombs," supercharging climate change, and displacing thousands of people from their homes.Join Céline Tshika and the award-winning Politically Aweh team as we explain how sportswashing works using the TotalEnergies sponsorship of Afcon as a case study. Silenced athletes, greenwashing and dirty PR tactics like "astroturfing" all form part of a dark manipulative strategy oil companies and their allies use to prevent regular citizens from understanding the harms caused by fossil fuel extraction and pollution.To understand why more athletes don't speak up, we spoke to former Australian Diamonds netball player, Amy Steel. In 2022, the team famously refused to wear the logo of a controversial fossil fuel company, Hancock Prospecting.We also spoke to host of the Sustaining Sports podcast, researcher Benjamin Mole, who is doing a PhD in sustainable system change focusing on climate justice & southern African sport, and Tracy Makheti, an activist based in Nairobi with Greenpeace Africa.To get involved and learn more you can listen to The Sustaining Sport Podcast, or follow Greenpeace Africa and Fossil Free Football. You can also sign the petition to kick TotalEnergies out of sponsoring Afcon.This podcast is a companion series to our YouTube comedy explainer videos about South African and international current affairs. Watch the show and subscribe at youtube.com/politicallyaweh. 📌Follow us on:Facebook: facebook.com/politicallyaweh Instagram: instagram.com/politicallyawehTwitter/X: twitter.com/politicallyawehTikTok: tiktok.com/@politicallyaweh💻Visit our website: http://www.politicallyaweh.co.zaPolitically Aweh is a current affairs news show with a uniquely South African flavour. We're independent, bold, and funded by people who care what happens in and around our country. We're also a registered nonprofit media company , and we rely on donations to keep making our fresh, fun, and fearlessly truthful content. You can support us here, once off, or monthly, using Snapscan: https://pos.snapscan.io/qr/8H-YVcrN or contact us if you need another payment method.📩Contact info@politicallyaweh.co.zaLet’s Get AWEH!

The South African connection with the Palestinian struggle for self-determination is entwined with our history of apartheid.In our first companion podcast episode to our deep dive into the South African case at the ICJ against Israel for genocide in Palestine, we chat to a variety of experts and ordinary South African citizens:Zeenat Adam is the Deputy Executive Director at the The Afro-Middle East Centre, and a recognised expert on the conflict in Palestine, having been published in academia and the media. Jamie Rosengarten spoke to us on behalf of South African Jews for a Free Palestine. Dr Vanessa Farr is a senior research fellow at (Sheffield-Hallam University) with decades of experience researching conflict and has spent years living in Palestine, where she worked as a Social Development and Gender Advisor at the UNDP’s Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People. We also spoke to some Palestinian supporters outside parliament on the streets of Cape Town.This podcast is a companion series to our YouTube comedy explainer videos about South African and international current affairs. Watch the show and subscribe at youtube.com/politicallyaweh. 📌Follow us on:Facebook: facebook.com/politicallyaweh Instagram: instagram.com/politicallyawehTwitter/X: twitter.com/politicallyawehTikTok: tiktok.com/@politicallyaweh💻Visit our website: http://www.politicallyaweh.co.zaPolitically Aweh is a current affairs news show with a uniquely South African flavour. We're independent, bold, and funded by people who care what happens in and around our country. We're also a registered nonprofit media company , and we rely on donations to keep making our fresh, fun, and fearlessly truthful content. You can support us here, once off, or monthly, using Snapscan: https://pos.snapscan.io/qr/8H-YVcrN or contact us if you need another payment method.📩Contact info@politicallyaweh.co.zaLet’s Get AWEH!

South Africa's wittiest news show is back, just in time for the 2024 elections! Get the cheeky truth about national and international current affairs with fresh videos on our YouTube channel every week, and an extended podcast format every two weeks.Join comedian KG Mokgadi, Céline Tshika, and the team as they dissect political, cultural, and social issues. Our on-location reports, interviews, and satirical sketches bring a fresh perspective.This podcast is a companion series to our YouTube comedy explainer videos about South African and international current affairs. Watch the show and subscribe at youtube.com/politicallyaweh. 📌Follow us on:Facebook: facebook.com/politicallyaweh Instagram: instagram.com/politicallyawehTwitter/X: twitter.com/politicallyawehTikTok: tiktok.com/@politicallyaweh💻Visit our website: http://www.politicallyaweh.co.zaPolitically Aweh is a current affairs news show with a uniquely South African flavour. We're independent, bold, and funded by people who care what happens in and around our country. We're also a registered nonprofit media company , and we rely on donations to keep making our fresh, fun, and fearlessly truthful content. You can support us here, once off, or monthly, using Snapscan: https://pos.snapscan.io/qr/8H-YVcrN or contact us if you need another payment method.📩Contact info@politicallyaweh.co.zaLet’s Get AWEH!