#PowerTracker: Renewables are powering up in Mpumalanga
After a year of research, we can authoritatively confirm that renewable energy is on the rise in South Africa’s power capital. Andiswa Matikinca reports...
12 October, 2023
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Nampula far from renewable energy goals
Investors are keen to support solar power in Northern Mozambique, but development on the ground is slow to take off. Amade Abubacar investigates why...
10 October, 2023
Pledges roll in for SA’s energy transition
South Africa expects more pledges as COP28 gathers steam, but how far have Western countries come in delivering on previous commitments they made? Thabo Molelekwa investigates...
22 September, 2023
A spoke in Mpumalanga’s power wheel
Wheeling electricity offers a solution to South Africa’s power crisis, so why is it not happening in the energy heartland? Andiswa Matikinca and Thabo Molelekwa investigate...
30 August, 2023
Training ramps up at Komati
Thabo Molelekwa gets an update on the training and community support programmes taking shape at Eskom’s pilot renewable energy plant...
13 July, 2023
#PowerTracker zooms in on Mozambique’s renewables
In continuing our partnership with CIJ's Open Climate Reporting Initiative, we now have the opportunity to focus on tracking and mapping Mozambique’s renewable energy initiatives...
29 June, 2023
SA’s coal lobby pushes back against green transition
Coal lobbying has long been an influential force in South Africa’s politics and economy. Thabo Molelekwa investigates its impacts on green energy investments...
19 June, 2023
The status of SA’s energy transition financing
Much has been made about the US$8.5-billion pledged to support South Africa’s Just Energy Transition. Thabo Molelekwa investigates where it is...
23 May, 2023
Rating SA’s transparency on clean energy
#PowerTracker rates South Africa’s transparency on renewable power agreements, after spending the past five months tracking down the data. Andiswa Matikinca reports...
22 May, 2023
A new light on the future of Eskom’s assets
A business coalition in SA’s energy heartland proposes a private take-over of Eskom’s assets – but not everyone agrees with privatising energy production. Andiswa Matikinca reports, with support from the...
15 May, 2023