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05 Dec Journalists liberate new #PowerTracker data to follow energy investments
Posted at 08:47h
in Oxpeckers Blogs
Local journalists create and share a new dataset that untangles green energy investments across Southern Africa
29 Aug #PowerTracker journalists tell stories with data
Posted at 15:50h
in Oxpeckers Blogs
By the time our latest in-depth training session – storytelling with data – came to a close, our #PowerTracker grantees could more confidently call themselves data journalists
12 Aug Meet the #PowerTracker journalists
Oxpeckers’ latest project, #PowerTracker, brings together journalists from across Southern Africa to investigate financing of renewable energy projects
02 Mar Where are Mpumalanga’s new energy projects?
Posted at 08:03h
in ClimaTracker Investigations, feature2, ma-feature2, Oxpeckers Investigations, powertracker-feature2
South Africa’s power capital is being left behind in the race for renewable energy generation, reports Andiswa Matikinca
25 Jan Left in the dust for a greener future
Environmentalists and coal-dependent communities say people at the frontline of SA’s energy transition are in the dark about how it will unfold. Thabo Molelekwa speaks to them
19 Jan Tracking renewable power in Mpumalanga
Posted at 08:11h
in Oxpeckers Blogs
The second iteration of the Oxpeckers #PowerTracker programme zooms in on the financing of renewable energy projects in Mpumalanga – the focus area of SA’s Just Energy Transition. Andiswa Matikinca reports
18 Nov South Africa’s energy transition rises in the east
Mpumalanga, the province ‘where the sun rises’, takes centre stage in SA’s Just Energy Transition Plan. Yolandi Groenewald unpicks the details
21 Oct Sweet and sour future for sugar power
Posted at 08:34h
in Africa's ecological conflicts, ClimaTracker Investigations, homepage, Oxpeckers Investigations, powertracker-homepage
Giant sugar companies in Eswatini diversified into biopower cogeneration to keep the lights on, but how long will the strategy last? Phathizwe Zulu investigates