RAMPAHOSA’S 2022 SONA President could have gone further in addressing climate crisis, say environmentalists 5 min 1 By Onke Ngcuka
THE JUST TRANSITION? 'Fundamentalist' Gwede Mantashe sticks to his guns, promises ‘a lot of coal generation by 2030’ 4 min 8 By Julia Evans
TONGUE IN CHEEK Rack and rune: A sangoma-druidess has seen our future – it wears pink gloves and goes ‘he he he’ 5 min 0 By Shaun de Waal
THE WAY FORWARD Six key considerations underpinning South Africa’s nascent ‘just transition’ plan 3 min 0 By Ethan van Diemen
JUST TRANSITION Halt all new coal plants, UN secretary-general tells World Economic Forum 4 min 0 By Julia Evans
ENERGY SUMMIT The just transition: Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe explains his reasons for sticking with coal 5 min 22 By Julia Evans
POWER GENERATION Electricity demand: Global economic recovery sends coal usage soaring 2 min 0 By Ethan van Diemen
AT THE COALFACE Getting buy-in from the people most at risk in SA’s just transition to low-carbon energy – the workers 7 min 0 By Ethan van Diemen
Open Letter to President Ramaphosa Shelling out: It’s vital for government to focus on green energy now before its dependence on gas and coal makes fossils of us all 3 min 2 By Geoff Davies
VISUAL ESSAY The dirty business of apartheid-era dinosaurs: Inside an Eskom coal-fired power plant 7 min 23 By Ethan van Diemen
COP26 Hot Air Inc: Will R131-billion enable a just transition from coal for South Africa? 8 min 2 By Onke Ngcuka at COP26, Glasgow
THE CONVERSATION Unpacking the myths and truths surrounding South Africa’s recent renewable energy auction 4 min 0 By Wikus Kruger
COP26 DRAFT TEXT Climate action needs acknowledged at summit — but there’s a failure to commit 3 min 1 By Onke Ngcuka
TESTING CONDITIONS Load shedding an ‘immediate threat’ to the 2021 NSC exams, with far-reaching implications for matrics 4 min 3 By Victoria O’Regan
ENERGY Gwede Mantashe calls for a unified African fossil fuel front while rich world ‘encircles’ continent 3 min 17 By Ed Stoddard
CLIMATE ACTION Big COP26 coalition commits to phasing out coal 4 min 2 By Onke Ngcuka at COP26, Glasgow
THE CONVERSATION Eskom: how does it stack up in the pollution stakes? 5 min 0 By Rebecca Garland and Kristy Langerman
COP26: ENERGY TRANSITION South Africa secures ‘watershed’ finance deal to reduce coal reliance 5 min 20 By Onke Ngcuka