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Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, used his first media address to highlight the biggest issues facing the country's electricity supply.

Ramokgopa highlights SA’s biggest electricity challenges, and it isn’t supplyLindsey Schutters

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Canon joins war on plastic waste with new sorting machine to enhance recycling

26 Jun 2024

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2024 OceanLove Innovation Award winners

24 Jun 2024

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How an open approach to patents could help build a sustainable future

Frank Tietze 17 May 2017

Rooftop PV in SA on the rise

Rooftop PV in SA on the rise

16 May 2017

Introducing the Greenhouse In a Box

16 May 2017

Greenovate Awards Programme introduces new category

Greenovate Awards Programme introduces new category

16 May 2017

Energy21 workshop helps create stronger voice for renewables sector

Energy21 workshop helps create stronger voice for renewables sector

12 May 2017

Abbas Jamie, community liaison for Africa, World Design Organisation, and director for innovation and transformation at Aurecon. Image:

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: How engineers can help co-create a better Africa

Sindy Peters 12 May 2017

NERSA launches probe into Eskom over PPA impasse

NERSA launches probe into Eskom over PPA impasse

12 May 2017

James Cullis, global service group leader: water, Aurecon

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: African engineers face a ‘wicked' trilemma

Sindy Peters 11 May 2017

Dutch open 'world's largest offshore' wind farm

Dutch open 'world's largest offshore' wind farm

10 May 2017

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: Partnerships key to sustainable growth in Africa

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: Partnerships key to sustainable growth in Africa

Sindy Peters 9 May 2017

#ChivasVenture: I-Drop Water to compete for share in $1m funding

#ChivasVenture: I-Drop Water to compete for share in $1m funding

Sindy Peters 8 May 2017

US Mission in SA aims to empower renewable energy champions

US Mission in SA aims to empower renewable energy champions

8 May 2017

Higher density cities need greening to stay healthy and liveable

Higher density cities need greening to stay healthy and liveable

Melanie Davern, Alison Farrar, Dave Kendal, Lucy G 8 May 2017

iSimangaliso investments in development and conservation starting to yield benefits

iSimangaliso investments in development and conservation starting to yield benefits

5 May 2017

Flexible, organic and biodegradable: A new wave of electronics

Flexible, organic and biodegradable: A new wave of electronics

Jamie Matroos 5 May 2017

Startups can help Africa meet its energy needs. But they need to be encouraged

Startups can help Africa meet its energy needs. But they need to be encouraged

Fred McBagonluri 5 May 2017

Pietermaritzburg housing project remains incomplete four years later

Pietermaritzburg housing project remains incomplete four years later

Nompendulo Ngubane 5 May 2017

2017 Access Co-Development Facility competition deadline extended

2017 Access Co-Development Facility competition deadline extended

4 May 2017

Ford evaluates viability of bamboo in vehicle interiors

Ford evaluates viability of bamboo in vehicle interiors

4 May 2017

Working for Water projects critical for EC water supply

3 May 2017

World Economic Forum needs to move beyond spin if it's going to help Africa

World Economic Forum needs to move beyond spin if it's going to help Africa

Stephen Labson 3 May 2017

Making sneakers sustainable with the ‘Shoetopia' project

Making sneakers sustainable with the ‘Shoetopia' project

Lindsay Samson 28 Apr 2017

Johannesburg and Accra, inching their way up the urban food chain

Johannesburg and Accra, inching their way up the urban food chain

Lesley Lokko 25 Apr 2017

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Technology and big data are helping Cameroonians protect their forests

Arend de Haas 24 Apr 2017

Africa Rice Center via - Irrigation infrastructure to the Tutu inland valley for rice prodution

New FAO satellite tool helps African farmers optimise water productivity

24 Apr 2017

Worthless mining waste could suck CO2 out of the atmosphere and reverse emissions

Worthless mining waste could suck CO2 out of the atmosphere and reverse emissions

Simon Redfern 24 Apr 2017

Image source: World Resources Institute

Water scarcity and smart technology solutions

Laura Caetano 21 Apr 2017

Fighting injustice helps in creating resilient urban spaces

Fighting injustice helps in creating resilient urban spaces

Gina Ziervogel and Lorena Pasquini 21 Apr 2017

Blok to launch development in Bo-Kaap

Blok to launch development in Bo-Kaap

20 Apr 2017

Ideas World Cup Cape Town aims to find societal, environmental solutions

Ideas World Cup Cape Town aims to find societal, environmental solutions

20 Apr 2017

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Rooftop PV in SA on the rise

Rooftop PV in SA on the rise

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16 May 2017

Greenovate Awards Programme introduces new category

Greenovate Awards Programme introduces new category

16 May 2017

Energy21 workshop helps create stronger voice for renewables sector

Energy21 workshop helps create stronger voice for renewables sector

12 May 2017

Abbas Jamie, community liaison for Africa, World Design Organisation, and director for innovation and transformation at Aurecon. Image:

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: How engineers can help co-create a better Africa

Sindy Peters 12 May 2017

NERSA launches probe into Eskom over PPA impasse

NERSA launches probe into Eskom over PPA impasse

12 May 2017

James Cullis, global service group leader: water, Aurecon

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: African engineers face a ‘wicked' trilemma

Sindy Peters 11 May 2017

Dutch open 'world's largest offshore' wind farm

Dutch open 'world's largest offshore' wind farm

10 May 2017

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: Partnerships key to sustainable growth in Africa

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: Partnerships key to sustainable growth in Africa

Sindy Peters 9 May 2017

#ChivasVenture: I-Drop Water to compete for share in $1m funding

#ChivasVenture: I-Drop Water to compete for share in $1m funding

Sindy Peters 8 May 2017

US Mission in SA aims to empower renewable energy champions

US Mission in SA aims to empower renewable energy champions

8 May 2017

Higher density cities need greening to stay healthy and liveable

Higher density cities need greening to stay healthy and liveable

Melanie Davern, Alison Farrar, Dave Kendal, Lucy G 8 May 2017

iSimangaliso investments in development and conservation starting to yield benefits

iSimangaliso investments in development and conservation starting to yield benefits

5 May 2017

Flexible, organic and biodegradable: A new wave of electronics

Flexible, organic and biodegradable: A new wave of electronics

Jamie Matroos 5 May 2017

Startups can help Africa meet its energy needs. But they need to be encouraged

Startups can help Africa meet its energy needs. But they need to be encouraged

Fred McBagonluri 5 May 2017

Pietermaritzburg housing project remains incomplete four years later

Pietermaritzburg housing project remains incomplete four years later

Nompendulo Ngubane 5 May 2017

2017 Access Co-Development Facility competition deadline extended

2017 Access Co-Development Facility competition deadline extended

4 May 2017

Ford evaluates viability of bamboo in vehicle interiors

Ford evaluates viability of bamboo in vehicle interiors

4 May 2017

Working for Water projects critical for EC water supply

3 May 2017

World Economic Forum needs to move beyond spin if it's going to help Africa

World Economic Forum needs to move beyond spin if it's going to help Africa

Stephen Labson 3 May 2017

Making sneakers sustainable with the ‘Shoetopia' project

Making sneakers sustainable with the ‘Shoetopia' project

Lindsay Samson 28 Apr 2017

Johannesburg and Accra, inching their way up the urban food chain

Johannesburg and Accra, inching their way up the urban food chain

Lesley Lokko 25 Apr 2017

sjludwig@gmail.com via

Technology and big data are helping Cameroonians protect their forests

Arend de Haas 24 Apr 2017

Africa Rice Center via - Irrigation infrastructure to the Tutu inland valley for rice prodution

New FAO satellite tool helps African farmers optimise water productivity

24 Apr 2017

Worthless mining waste could suck CO2 out of the atmosphere and reverse emissions

Worthless mining waste could suck CO2 out of the atmosphere and reverse emissions

Simon Redfern 24 Apr 2017

Image source: World Resources Institute

Water scarcity and smart technology solutions

Laura Caetano 21 Apr 2017

Fighting injustice helps in creating resilient urban spaces

Fighting injustice helps in creating resilient urban spaces

Gina Ziervogel and Lorena Pasquini 21 Apr 2017

Blok to launch development in Bo-Kaap

Blok to launch development in Bo-Kaap

20 Apr 2017

Ideas World Cup Cape Town aims to find societal, environmental solutions

Ideas World Cup Cape Town aims to find societal, environmental solutions

20 Apr 2017

Hotel Verde staff celebrating the good news of FTT accreditation at the eco pool

#WTMA17: Hotel Verde now Fair Trade Tourism certified

20 Apr 2017

Scientists discover a way to harvest fresh water from air

Scientists discover a way to harvest fresh water from air

19 Apr 2017

R2.4bn programme to light up Ekurhuleni

R2.4bn programme to light up Ekurhuleni

19 Apr 2017

Five social good innovations

Five social good innovations

14 Apr 2017

Solving SA's urgent challenges using cleantech

Solving SA's urgent challenges using cleantech

Sindy Peters 13 Apr 2017

Trio partner to develop resilience framework for northern Durban

Trio partner to develop resilience framework for northern Durban

13 Apr 2017

Investing in sustainability enhances brand value

13 Apr 2017

2017 Green Talents competition open for entries

2017 Green Talents competition open for entries

13 Apr 2017

Entries close on 18 April for the SingularityU Southern Africa GIC

Entries close on 18 April for the SingularityU Southern Africa GIC

Mann Made 12 Apr 2017

Record amount of renewables capacity added in 2016: UN

Record amount of renewables capacity added in 2016: UN

10 Apr 2017

Investors want to know the risks of climate change

Investors want to know the risks of climate change

6 Apr 2017