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Without rooftop solar investments, loadshedding would be worse, study shows
By: Sabrina Jardim 29th April 2024 Amid the energy challenges facing South Africa, residential solar energy company GoSolr says radical steps must be taken to secure the country’s... →
Time is right for a South Atlantic climate alliance
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 24th April 2024 With their leading roles regionally and in the G20 and COP30, a Brazil-South Africa partnership could prompt useful south-south ties. Africa’s... →
Anglo helping to restore Amazon-like rainforest near Brazil iron-ore mine 
By: Martin Creamer 23rd April 2024 Diversified mining company Anglo American is taking steps to help to restore an Amazon rainforest equivalent of which less than 10% remains intact.... →
Daily Podcast – April 22, 2024
By: Thabi Shomolekae 22nd April 2024 Making headlines: ANC will appeal court ruling to stop “unlawful” use of its trademarks by MK Party; Ramokgopa describes IPP surpluses as... →
Nelson Mandela University-led consortium to develop green hydrogen feasibility study
By: Darren Parker 22nd April 2024 A consortium led by Nelson Mandela University and boutique consultancy firm Ikigai Group has won a UK Government grant under the South Africa-UK... →
Ramokgopa describes IPP surpluses as low-hanging fruit amid delay in finding contractual solution 
By: Terence Creamer 22nd April 2024 Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa describes surplus electricity arising from existing renewable energy facilities as “low hanging fruit”... →
South Africa’s electricity crisis: a series of failures over 30 years have left a dim legacy
19th April 2024 In 1994, apartheid ended and the African National Congress (ANC) won South Africa’s first ever democratic elections, promising “Electricity for... →
Geopolitics of the energy transition: Energy security
19th April 2024 The acceleration of a renewable-based global energy transition represents our only option to ensure the world remains on a 1.5°C-compatible... →
