HELL ON THE HIGHVELD Illegal miners started Mpumalanga coal mine fire weeks ago – it’s still burning today 7 min 6 By Ethan van Diemen
AFTER THE BELL Thungela Resources – Anglo’s unwanted little cousin goes ballistic after ESG strategy backfires 3 min 0 By Unknown Author
AMABHUNGANE Fuel thieves siphon off millions from Mpumalanga Eskom power station 6 min 11 By Tabelo Timse for amaBhungane
THE POWER STRUGGLE Eskom’s ‘biggest challenges’ are a poorly performing coal fleet and a 62% energy capacity 3 min 4 By Julia Evans
GROUNDUP OPED Waste plastic could outstrip coal as a viable energy source 8 min 1 By Neil Stacey, James Fox, Klaus Moller, Diane Hildebrandt, David Glasser, and Celestin Sempuga
FOSSIL FUELS South Africa’s $8.5bn climate finance deal ‘could be a global benchmark’ for other coal-dependent countries 3 min 0 By S’thembile Cele and Antony Sguazzin
WAR IN EUROPE Olaf Scholz’s ‘Zeitenwende’ welcomed by Germans and others, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough 5 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
CLIMATE DESPAIR (PART THREE) Our own Greta Thunbergs, Anelisa and Yola, fighting the floods of the climate crisis in South Africa 13 min 0 By Jorisna Bonthuys
EXCLUSIVE ROUNDTABLE Mantashe sends clear signal SA will tender for nuclear power proposals as soon as possible 3 min 17 By Ed Stoddard
BEWARE ‘CARBON COLONIALISM’ What the new UN climate report says about risks and opportunities of a just transition in SA 3 min 0 By Ethan van Diemen
EXPLAINER Climate Commission: What needs to be done to give immediate effect to South Africa’s just transition 3 min 0 By Ethan van Diemen
GROWING THREAT Global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level yet in 2021 — International Energy Agency 2 min 1 By Ethan van Diemen
CONFLICT OF INTEREST? Mantashe says ANC had ‘foresight’ to invest in Shell-affiliated Batho-Batho Trust to get R15-million payout 4 min 14 By Julia Evans
CLIMATE DESPAIR (PART TWO) Mother of asthmatic children fights for air in dirty shadow of coal power stations 13 min 0 By Jorisna Bonthuys
ENERGY DIALOGUE Enviromentalists should not dominate the just transition discussion, says Mantashe 6 min 10 By Julia Evans
JUST TRANSITION OP-ED Mpumalanga’s coal journey is at the crossroads, but roads less travelled and more diversified lie ahead 5 min 1 By Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, Lauren Hermanus, Muhammed Patel and Peta Wolpe
RIGHT OF REPLY Dear Jay Naidoo, in the real world we cannot wish away petrol, diesel and gas usage 5 min 15 By Johnny Copelyn
RENEWABLES ROLL-OUT OP-ED President Ramaphosa’s climate and energy road map has too many wrong turns and dead ends 3 min 1 By Chido Muzondo and Richard Bridle
VROOM WITH A VIEW Electric revolution: Porsche Macan GTS proves that progress is not a conspiracy 5 min 0 By Alexander Parker
