#PowerTracker to monitor renewables across SA
Our pioneering project gears up to track the JET journey beyond the country’s energy capital. Andiswa Matikinca and Roxanne Joseph report...
25 September, 2024
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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
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
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
Conservation official and ex-cop charged in case involving 17 illegal rhino horns
The National Prosecuting Authority has revealed a list of charges against the duo for their involvement in the illegal rhino horn trade. Simon Bloch investigates...
13 October, 2021
Deadly Air: a case about real lives & real people
A landmark court case sees the SA government being sued for the first time for the alleged violation of a Constitutional right to clean air. Andiswa Matikinca reports...
27 May, 2021
‘Time to shut down Koeberg’s nuclear project’
Experts say recent earth tremors highlight the need to shut down the Koeberg nuclear station at the end of its lifespan in three years’ time. Andiswa Matikinca investigates...
01 April, 2021
Struggling to find SA’s mines? You’re not alone
The government admits its online platform for accessing information on SA’s mines is not working. Thank goodness for #MineAlert, writes Andiswa Matikinca...
11 March, 2021
Is coal really on its way out in South Africa?
Andiswa Matikinca investigates whether the sun is setting on the coal industry as major producers are pulling out and leaving their coal assets to be picked up by smaller companies ...
15 February, 2021
Conservation capture
Heated dispute erupts over SA’s biggest land settlement at MalaMala game reserve. What does it mean for community ecotourism around Kruger? See our multimedia investigation...
21 January, 2020