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LATEST INVESTIGATIONS

Nigerian link in global gorilla trafficking
Daniel Stiles investigates organised transnational networks smuggling great apes from Africa via Nigeria
Oxpeckers Reporters
07 February, 2025

Limpopo rare earths project aims to clean up
A rare earths venture at the gateway to the Kruger National Park plans to rehabilitate environmental damage caused by at least six decades of mining. Marcia Moyana investigates
Oxpeckers Reporters
12 February, 2025

Limpopo rare earths project aims to clean up
A rare earths venture at the gateway to the Kruger National Park plans to rehabilitate environmental damage caused by at least six decades of mining. Marcia Moyana investigates
Oxpeckers Reporters
12 February, 2025

Nigerian link in global gorilla trafficking
Daniel Stiles investigates organised transnational networks smuggling great apes from Africa via Nigeria
Oxpeckers Reporters
07 February, 2025

Mozambique’s pulp fiction

A Portuguese eucalyptus forestry project is rapidly spreading harmful exotic species in Mozambique’s rural areas in order to supply Europe's packaging needs...
16 January, 2025
Free State’s helium gamble: A new energy frontier?

The province is home to SA's biggest gas and helium project. Will it speed up the shift towards renewable energy sources, or hinder progress? Refilwe Mochoari investigates...
10 December, 2024
Critical futures: What SA wants from its transition minerals

With vast deposits of minerals that make South Africa a key player in the green energy transition, Andiswa Matikinca investigates the future that stakeholders want to see...
02 December, 2024
Mining’s mess is JET’s opportunity

Mine rehabilitation presents an opportunity for environmental restoration and economic empowerment in the energy transition. Thabo Molelekwa investigates...
07 November, 2024
Unravelling the threads of snaring in Kruger park

Incidents of wildlife snaring have rocketed in South Africa’s flagship national park in the past four years. What’s driving the surge, and how are conservationists facing up to it?...
29 October, 2024
Elections take the shine off green hydrogen

Oxpeckers tracked 14 GH2 projects in Namibia, finding implementation has been slow and the only real growth has been in bureaucracy. John Grobler investigates...
11 October, 2024
Potential impacts of gas flaring in Soyo, Angola

Journalist Neusa e Silva travelled to Soyo to discover the potential human and environmental costs of gas flaring on the ground...
30 September, 2024
Stuck between lithium rocks and a hard place

Zimbabwean communities living around lithium mines have to put up with noise pollution, gas emissions, dust, flying-rock hazards and ground vibrations. Oscar Nkala investigates...
20 September, 2024
Financing municipal progress for Mpumalanga’s energy transition

Municipalities in SA’s energy heartland face significant financial problems to implement the JET. Thabo Molelekwa spoke to stakeholders trying to overcome the hurdles...
12 September, 2024
Slow walk to deliver GH2 talk in Namibia

John Grobler takes stock of progress on Namibia’s ambitious green hydrogen programme...
10 September, 2024
Hwange’s coal-mining horrors

Oscar Nkala travels to Hwange in north-western Zimbabwe to expose the environmental and health hazards caused by more than a century of coal mining...
05 September, 2024
‘Silent predators’ in the energy transition

Companies mining commodities needed for the global energy transition accused of keeping affected communities in Madagascar in the dark about their plans. Oscar Nkala investigates...
16 August, 2024
‘Future-proofing’ green hydrogen investments

John Grobler takes an inside look at a green hydrogen project that has made the most visible progress of nine such projects currently under development in Namibia...
07 August, 2024
‘We want a say in transition mining’ – DRC communities

Communities living on and working land in the DRC say they are not informed about mining permits for energy transition minerals. Jonas Kiriko speaks to them...
02 August, 2024
Mpumalanga is going with the wind

Wind farms are picking up speed in the province at the heart of South Africa’s energy transition, reports Thabo Molelekwa...
24 July, 2024
Cobalt crush undermines future of DRC’s community forests

Historic UN deal to restore degraded forest ecosystems in southeastern DRC is being torn apart by mining companies. Jonas Kiriko investigates...
22 July, 2024
Dark side to ‘a new dawn’

Tanzania is banking on its natural resources during the global transition to clean energy, but analysts warn there are dangers ahead. Oscar Nkala investigates...
12 July, 2024
Green energy innovations in the desert

Green hydrogen features in Namibian projects aimed at producing carbon-free steel and ammonia fuel for shipping and rail transport. John Grobler reports...
05 July, 2024
Running on empty: Mpumalanga’s energy transition needs juice

Despite its resources and capacity for green energy storage, SA's energy capital reaps minimal benefits due to an export-heavy focus. Sakhile Dube investigates...
20 June, 2024
The dark light: Zimbabwe’s energy nightmare

Power shortages across the country are fuelling deforestation through the illegal charcoal trade. Nqobile Tshili, Yolanda Moyo and Nkosana Vuma investigate how this network operates...
12 June, 2024
Mega plans for green hydrogen power in Mpumalanga

The province is the focus of ambitious plans for GH2 power development, but civil society organisations fear it promises more than can be delivered. Thabo Molelekwa investigates...
07 June, 2024
Silent extinction: Zimbabwe’s hotbed of environmental crime

Poaching and illegal coal mining threaten the future of Matabeleland’s elephant population. Nokuthaba Mathema investigates ...
04 June, 2024