Hot on the PAIA trail of SA’s illegal coolants
Oxpeckers associate Tulani Ngwenya documents his months-long exercise in accessing official information on the trade in banned, global-warming gases...
01 October, 2026
Oxpeckers Blogs
#MineAlert launches new Transition Minerals Tracker
The Oxpeckers #MineAlert project returns 10 years after the success of its pilot – this time focusing on transition minerals. Andiswa Matikinca reports...
18 August, 2026
Unprepared projects hold back climate finance
After three years of following JET money, Thabo Molelekwa finds the focus of high-level discussions now is how to prepare and implement projects...
10 June, 2026
Oxpeckers lifts the veil of secrecy from Botswana’s flagship gas project
After months of tense discussions with authorities, Oxpeckers journalist Sello Motseta finally gets to see the environmental plan for Botala Energy’s coal bed methane project...
18 May, 2026
Namibia’s oil rush: Who benefits most and who is in charge?
Namibia seems almost certain to become an oil producer by 2030, and the war in Iran has added urgency to its ambitions to become a major energy exporter. John Grobler...
20 March, 2026
Zimbabwe bans export of lithium ore after Oxpeckers exposed smuggling
The unexpected move is testament to the power of journalism to enforce accountability, offer scrutiny and influence policy re-think, writes Tatenda Chitagu...
03 March, 2026
Oxpeckers journalists win international anti-corruption award
Oxpeckers associates Andiswa Matikinca and Tatenda Chitagu win major international award for their exposé on lithium smuggling across Southern Africa’s borders...
26 January, 2026
Power, land and secrecy
After nine months of chasing information about renewable energy land lease deals across South Africa, we share what we learned. Roxanne Joseph reports...
20 November, 2025
#PowerTracker investigates community-owned renewables
What we learnt during our interrogation of land deals and social ownership of renewable energy projects. Roxanne Joseph reports...
07 July, 2025
#PowerTracker shares a bright side of renewables
Renewable energy projects are benefitting local communities, yet few people knew that they exist – let alone what their impact is. Thabo Molelekwa reports...
01 April, 2025