Defend Truth

Illegal miners started Mpumalanga coal mine fire weeks ago – it’s still burning today

Ethan van Diemen
19 May

Thungela Resources – Anglo’s unwanted little cousin goes ballistic after ESG strategy backfires

Tim Cohen
17 May

Fuel thieves siphon off millions from Mpumalanga Eskom power station

Tabelo Timse for amaBhungane
15 May

Eskom’s ‘biggest challenges’ are a poorly performing coal fleet and a 62% energy capacity

Julia Evans
11 May

Waste plastic could outstrip coal as a viable energy source

Neil Stacey, James Fox, Klaus Moller, Diane Hildebrandt, David Glasser, and Celestin Sempuga
10 May

South Africa’s $8.5bn climate finance deal ‘could be a global benchmark’ for other coal-dependent countries

S’thembile Cele and Antony Sguazzin
04 May

SA exports reach all-time high in March, thanks mainly to coal

Roelof Botha
03 May

Olaf Scholz’s ‘Zeitenwende’ welcomed by Germans and others, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough

Peter Fabricius
02 May

Our own Greta Thunbergs, Anelisa and Yola, fighting the floods of the climate crisis in South Africa

Jorisna Bonthuys
18 Apr

Mantashe sends clear signal SA will tender for nuclear power proposals as soon as possible

Ed Stoddard
12 Apr

Thungela delivers R2.5bn in dividends on stellar maiden results

Ed Stoddard
22 Mar

Climate Commission: What needs to be done to give immediate effect to South Africa’s just transition

Ethan van Diemen
16 Mar

Global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level yet in 2021 — International Energy Agency

Ethan van Diemen
09 Mar

Mantashe says ANC had ‘foresight’ to invest in Shell-affiliated Batho-Batho Trust to get R15-million payout

Julia Evans
04 Mar

Mother of asthmatic children fights for air in dirty shadow of coal power stations

Jorisna Bonthuys
27 Feb

Enviromentalists should not dominate the just transition discussion, says Mantashe

Julia Evans
25 Feb

Mpumalanga’s coal journey is at the crossroads, but roads less travelled and more diversified lie ahead

Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, Lauren Hermanus, Muhammed Patel and Peta Wolpe
23 Feb

Dear Jay Naidoo, in the real world we cannot wish away petrol, diesel and gas usage

Johnny Copelyn
21 Feb

President Ramaphosa’s climate and energy road map has too many wrong turns and dead ends

Chido Muzondo and Richard Bridle
16 Feb

Electric revolution: Porsche Macan GTS proves that progress is not a conspiracy

Alexander Parker
16 Feb

President could have gone further in addressing climate crisis, say environmentalists

Onke Ngcuka
11 Feb