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Energy taxonomy: Classifications for the energy transition
14th March 2024 Despite the growing importance of renewables such as solar and wind in global energy discussions, a key challenge remains; the lack of standardised... →
Fact-checking EFF party leader Julius Malema's manifesto launch speech: 'Nothing has changed since 1994'
By: Africa Check 13th March 2024 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), the second largest opposition party in South Africa, launched its election manifesto on 10 February 2024. We... →
El Niño scorches Southern Africa with driest February on record
By: Bloomberg 8th March 2024 A swathe of Southern Africa suffered the driest February in decades that wiped out crops, precipitated power shortages and threatened to send... →
Stationary hydrogen power highlighted as major solution by Toyota fuel cell-using developer
By: Martin Creamer 7th March 2024 When Engineering News & Mining Weekly covered last month’s local launch of BMW’s first hydrogen car fleet on South Africa's roads, we discovered... →
New water to secure more water supply for a growing city
7th March 2024 Census 2022 data shows that Cape Town’s population is now 4 772 846, remarkably 27,6% higher than in 2011. Expanding Cape Town's water supply... →
Move to formalise deal on injecting private skills into Eskom amid plan to add and recover 10.6 GW by end-2025
By: Terence Creamer 6th March 2024 Government and business have set a goal of increasing South Africa’s electricity generation capacity by 10.6 GW by the end of 2025 as part of... →
ANC pats itself on the back for economic growth of 0.6%
By: Thabi Shomolekae 6th March 2024 African National Congress national spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri has opined that through the party’s election manifesto, the ANC is working... →
Government welcomes slight increase in GDP
6th March 2024 Government welcomes the release of the latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures by Statistics South Africa, which show a slight growth of 0.1%... →