POWER DYNAMICS OP-ED SA’s energy future — study finds green industrialisation the least cost path to net zero 6 min 1 By Chris Yelland
GREAT GREEN CONTRADICTION Just Energy Transition: How consulting firms profit amid climate crisis challenges 2 min 0 By Kristin Engel
JUST TRANSITION Renowned climate scientist Professor David King calls on SA to urgently prioritise renewable energy 6 min 2 By Julia Evans
POWER WRANGLES Watt Now? Nuclear power sparks fierce debate over SA’s future energy mix 6 min 0 By Ethan van Diemen
WATER WARS SA’s ‘water wars’ to worsen due to climate crisis, Presidential Climate Commission told 5 min 3 By Julia Evans
CLIMATE ACTION REPORT OP-ED Coordinated climate action needs to be urgently accelerated at all levels of society 3 min 2 By Nokwethaba Makhanya
ESKOM SHUTDOWN EFFECT Delaying coal power plant shutdowns could push costs to R90bn, warns Eskom CEO 4 min 1 By Ethan van Diemen
ELECTRICITY CRISIS Komati Power Station — the cautionary tale of the Just Energy Transition and lessons to be learnt 6 min 3 By Onke Ngcuka
SYMBIOTIC CHANGE OP-ED Balancing biodiversity conservation with the transition to renewable energy 5 min 0 By Oliver Cowan
FINANCING CRUNCH SA needs massive increase in funding to wean itself off coal — study 4 min 1 By Ethan van Diemen
FUTURE IN FLAMES Crooked coal, corruption and politics — experts flag the barriers to SA’s energy transition 7 min 3 By Ethan van Diemen
PRESIDENTIAL CLIMATE COMMISSION Study finds four ways SA can embrace the ‘social ownership of renewable energy’ 5 min 0 By Ethan van Diemen
PRESIDENTIAL CLIMATE COMMISSION New investment pledges boost South Africa’s just energy transition funding pool to $11.8bn 3 min 2 By Ethan van Diemen
POWER MOVE Extinction Rebellion’s Malik Dasoo among climate activists carried out of Electricity Minister’s university lecture 3 min 3 By Julia Evans
ELECTRICITY BLUEPRINT Presidential Climate Commission calls for plan that ‘maximises renewable energy’ 4 min 2 By Ethan van Diemen
POWER CRISIS Ramaphosa advisers say South Africa must shun coal, use minimal gas 2 min 1 By Antony Sguazzin for Bloomberg
THE GATHERING: EARTH EDITION Solving South Africa’s energy and environmental crisis is ‘not a moonshot, it is within our grasp’ – De Ruyter 7 min 5 By Ethan van Diemen
ENERGY OP-ED Nuclear power is neither reliable nor ‘green’ and is not suitable for the just transition 5 min 5 By Neil Overy and Ulrich Steenkamp
POWER CRISIS South Africa can keep coal-fired plants running longer, climate committee says 2 min 1 By Reuters
OXPECKERS Lack of reskilling means coal workers face uncertain future after just energy transition 9 min 1 By Thabo Molelekwa
GROUNDUP ‘Africa will fry’ – Durban climate activists picket against oil and gas exploration 3 min 1 By Benita Enoch