POWER CRISIS

Cape Town on a roll to banish blackouts – mayor lays out ‘exciting’ plans

5 min

7

By Anna Southwell

ISS TODAY ANALYSIS

Race to net zero may finally be gaining worldwide momentum

4 min

0

By Dhesigen Naidoo

INTERIM RESULTS

Absa’s strategic choices pay off as banking giant reports headline earnings of R11bn

2 min

1

By Neesa Moodley

TRAVAILS OF TRANSITION (PART ONE)

R56m destined for Eastern Cape wind farm beneficiaries ‘wasted’ on failed projects

9 min

2

By Ethan van Diemen

CLIMATE CRISIS ROUNDUP

Climate change compensation fight brews ahead of COP27 summit

6 min

1

By Bloomberg and Reuters

FUTURE CITIES

A Line in the sand: Saudi Arabia’s futuristic vertical city — or so it hopes

6 min

2

By Malibongwe Tyilo

CLIMATE CRISIS ROUND-UP

Amazon says its planet-warming carbon emissions grew 18% in 2021

6 min

0

By Bloomberg and Reuters

LANDMARK CHALLENGE

Climate watchdogs ask court to halt new Eskom gas power plant in Richards Bay despite Barbara Creecy's backing for project

5 min

2

By Tony Carnie

THE CONVERSATION OP-ED

SA oil refinery closures, shift to cleaner fuels may improve energy security

5 min

1

By Rod Crompton

POWER CRISIS

Ramaphosa energy plan reaction — ‘devil is in the details and how it is implemented’

5 min

5

By Ethan van Diemen

CLIMATE CRISIS ROUND-UP

Nearly 1 million Californians drink tainted water, State Auditor finds

5 min

0

By Bloomberg and Reuters

CENTRAL KAROO FILES

‘I will run for President in 2024’, Central Karoo Mayor Gayton McKenzie says after 100 days in office

5 min

1

By Vincent Cruywagen and Suné Payne

POWER CRISIS

SA government aims to drastically cut red tape on solar energy projects

3 min

4

By Onke Ngcuka

POWER SUPPLY OP-ED

South Africa could ultimately produce a lot more viable renewable energy — here’s what it needs

2

By Hartmut Winkler

ANALYSIS

Seeing is believing: Ramaphosa’s incoming energy promise better be electrifyin’

5 min

13

By Stephen Grootes

OP-ED

Ramaphosa - We can and will do more to end load shedding

3 min

12

By Cyril Ramaphosa

POWER CRISIS

Growing chorus of voices call for urgent rollout of renewable energy as load shedding and spending on diesel increases

5 min

3

By Ethan van Diemen

POWER CRISIS

How the City of Cape Town managed to avoid Stage 6 load shedding thanks to hydroelectric scheme

6 min

16

By Victoria O'Regan and Onke Ngcuka

FOSSIL FUEL BLOW

Activists and researchers dismayed by IEA endorsement of tapping Africa’s natural gas

5 min

0

By Ethan van Diemen

POWER CRISIS

‘Landmark’ power purchase agreements signed, but Mantashe still punts multiple energy technologies

6 min

9

By Julia Evans

CLEAN BREAK FROM EISHKOM

Get a load of this – these South African cities have a plan to ditch Eskom and end power cuts

4 min

4

By Julia Evans