Zimbabwe changes gear for electric vehicles
In response to extreme climate fall-out, Zimbabwe is ramping up its transition to electric vehicles as one of its key mitigation measures. Debra Matabvu investigates...
28 September, 2022
Author: Oxpeckers Reporters
South Africa (M)ainstreams wind and solar power
Independent producers are already feeding enough power into the grid to replace two coal-fired stations. Thabo Molelekwa investigates the status of SA’s renewable energy roll-out...
22 September, 2022
Gone with the wind: Lesotho’s $15-billion energy pipedream
A wind farm hailed as Africa’s largest renewable energy project and the solution to Lesotho’s hefty electricity costs has ground to a halt. Sechaba Mokhethi investigates why...
16 September, 2022
#PowerTracker journalists tell stories with data
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...
29 August, 2022
Meet the #PowerTracker journalists
Oxpeckers’ latest project, #PowerTracker, brings together journalists from across Southern Africa to investigate financing of renewable energy projects...
12 August, 2022
Notorious rhino kingpin ‘Navara’ under arrest in Mozambique
'Navara', the alleged leader of poaching syndicates preying on rhinos in the Kruger National Park, has been arrested. Estacio Valoi, who has been tracking him for years, reports...
02 August, 2022
Green for good — or greed?
New Oxpeckers collaboration to investigate who is financing renewable energy initiatives in Southern Africa, and how the money is being spent...
15 July, 2022
Uganda’s special court clamps down on wildlife crime
Handling of wildlife crimes in Uganda has improved since the establishment in 2017 of a special court to handle related cases, reports Cliff Abenaitwe...
08 July, 2022
New digital tool tracks wildlife crimes in East Africa
Journalists and investigators finally have a single place to access data on wildlife cases in East Africa that will help drive reporting and expose criminal syndicates, writes Andiswa Matikinca...
06 July, 2022
New data provides a glimpse into SA’s illegal pangolin trade
Data shows intelligence operations have confiscated 160 live Temminck’s pangolins from the illegal trade in South Africa over the past five years, reports Calistus Bosaletswe...
23 June, 2022