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...
After nine months of chasing information about renewable energy land lease deals across South Africa, we share what we learned. Roxanne Joseph reports...
A landmark High Court case challenges the government and independent power producers to apply localisation laws designed to drive South Africa’s green industrial development...
Long-term leases turn public land into corporate profit, but how are these deals structured, and are communities seeing their share? #PowerTracker investigates...
Local organisations are pioneering off-grid solutions for rural households left waiting in the dark by Eskom. Thabo Molelekwa investigates...
Andiswa Matikinca tracks concerns around critical minerals mining applications – and now a small harbour – in KwaZulu-Natal’s tourism mecca...
#PowerTracker visits a solar project owned by a township cooperative that serves as a model for energy democracy in action...
A landmark ConCourt ruling has made the Nama people the gate-keepers of ambitious plans to turn the Northern Cape into an energy and mining hub. John Grobler investigates...
What we learnt during our interrogation of land deals and social ownership of renewable energy projects. Roxanne Joseph reports...
Solar power moves virtually from farmland in North West province to factories hundreds of kilometres away. How does it work, and what does it mean for the energy transition?...
Namibia is pinning its economic hopes on development of the Orange Oil Basin. What does this mean for a small economy not ready for a major oil rush? John Grobler...