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South Africa to welcome new private university by 2026

Blue Label Media partners with African Bank to roll out new corporate identity across 155 buses

Copper could cure Murray & Roberts cold after De Beers diamond cough

Lindsey Schutters

Data breach alert: Over 100,000 fake accounts linked to SA grant-fraud claim

News24 journalists take top honours in 2024 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards

Leadership shakeup at Moderna ahead of major vaccine rollouts

Katja Hamilton

Energy ministry calls for more local content after R17bn spent on renewables

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Preferred bidder for 2,600MW renewable energy to be announced next month

Preferred bidder for 2,600MW renewable energy to be announced next month

9 Sep 2021

Renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Dr Basil Amuzu-Sefordzi 8 Sep 2021

Eskom launches programme to boost use of green power

Eskom launches programme to boost use of green power

7 Sep 2021

Source ©Mikko Lemola

£110m renewable energy deal for Mediclinic

6 Sep 2021

Release by Scatec mobile PV unit to power Engie plant

Release by Scatec mobile PV unit to power Engie plant

6 Sep 2021

SA faces tough road to net-zero emissions, but there is hope - Sanedi

SA faces tough road to net-zero emissions, but there is hope - Sanedi

2 Sep 2021

Enel Green Power's Nontokozo Nkosi joins Sawea board

Enel Green Power's Nontokozo Nkosi joins Sawea board

1 Sep 2021

South Africa faces isolation if it sticks with coal, Eskom CEO says

South Africa faces isolation if it sticks with coal, Eskom CEO says

Alexander Winning 1 Sep 2021

Singita introduces new initiative to help guests offset their carbon footprint

Singita introduces new initiative to help guests offset their carbon footprint

1 Sep 2021

These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity

These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity

Kerry Rippy 30 Aug 2021

Energy majors taking steps to renewables transition

Sue Noffke 30 Aug 2021

Electricity pylons are seen in front of the cooling towers at the Lethabo Thermal Power Station,an Eskom coal-burning power station near Sasolburg in the northern Free State province, 2 March 2016. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

South Africa aims to bring pilot carbon capture project online in 2023

23 Aug 2021

Source: Sergey Sukhanov –

Questions still circuiting the exemption for large-scale private power generation

Jason van der Poel, Alexandra Felekis and Mzukisi Kota 18 Aug 2021

Ntombifuthi Ntuli

RIP: Sawea's Ntombifuthi Ntuli

16 Aug 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

100MW self-generation amendments gazetted

13 Aug 2021

Fortress looks to increase solar output with launch of R900m sustainability-linked bonds

Fortress looks to increase solar output with launch of R900m sustainability-linked bonds

11 Aug 2021

Boikanyo Solar. Source: Supplied

Boikanyo Solar comes online

11 Aug 2021

Turbines on a wind farm outside Caledon near Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by Nardus Engelbrecht/Gallo Images/Getty Images

South Africa's power generation plans are out of date: an urgent rethink is needed

Hartmut Winkler 10 Aug 2021

Source: ©Alexey Kokoulin

Developing countries need to chart their own course to net zero emissions

26 Jul 2021

Demonstrators in Johannesburg march against environmental damage done by coal. Photo by Cornell Tukiri/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

How the rollout of South Africa's renewable energy plan is failing communities

Zoheb Khan 23 Jul 2021

Source: Supplied

How local content in the renewable energy value chain can boost the economy

21 Jul 2021

Ethiopia says second filling of giant dam on Blue Nile complete

Ethiopia says second filling of giant dam on Blue Nile complete

Dawit Endeshaw 20 Jul 2021

Electricity is vital for improving the quality of life of many in rural sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: USAID_images/Flickr

Banning fossil fuels in sub-Saharan Africa could slow the transition to renewable energy

Samuel Ayokunle Olówósejéjé 16 Jul 2021

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

Michelle Nichols 9 Jul 2021

South Korean toilet turns excrement into power and digital currency

South Korean toilet turns excrement into power and digital currency

Minwoo Park and Daewoung Kim 9 Jul 2021

Tunisia pushing UN action on Ethiopia dam, Ethiopia opposed

Tunisia pushing UN action on Ethiopia dam, Ethiopia opposed

Michelle Nichols 8 Jul 2021

Bridgett Majola and Gavin Noeth

It'll take more than a flick of a switch, but SA's energy future looks promising

Bridgett Majola & Gavin Noeth 7 Jul 2021

UN urges Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to recommit to dam talks

UN urges Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to recommit to dam talks

Doyinsola Oladipo 7 Jul 2021

Egypt notified that Ethiopia has resumed filling of giant dam

Egypt notified that Ethiopia has resumed filling of giant dam

Momen Saeed Atallah, Omar Fahmy and Nafisa Eltahir 6 Jul 2021

More individuals investing in energy efficient homes

More individuals investing in energy efficient homes

Craig Lebrau, Lebrau Press 7 Jul 2021

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Preferred bidder for 2,600MW renewable energy to be announced next month

Preferred bidder for 2,600MW renewable energy to be announced next month

9 Sep 2021

Renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Dr Basil Amuzu-Sefordzi 8 Sep 2021

Eskom launches programme to boost use of green power

Eskom launches programme to boost use of green power

7 Sep 2021

Source ©Mikko Lemola

£110m renewable energy deal for Mediclinic

6 Sep 2021

Release by Scatec mobile PV unit to power Engie plant

Release by Scatec mobile PV unit to power Engie plant

6 Sep 2021

SA faces tough road to net-zero emissions, but there is hope - Sanedi

SA faces tough road to net-zero emissions, but there is hope - Sanedi

2 Sep 2021

Enel Green Power's Nontokozo Nkosi joins Sawea board

Enel Green Power's Nontokozo Nkosi joins Sawea board

1 Sep 2021

South Africa faces isolation if it sticks with coal, Eskom CEO says

South Africa faces isolation if it sticks with coal, Eskom CEO says

Alexander Winning 1 Sep 2021

Singita introduces new initiative to help guests offset their carbon footprint

Singita introduces new initiative to help guests offset their carbon footprint

1 Sep 2021

These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity

These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity

Kerry Rippy 30 Aug 2021

Energy majors taking steps to renewables transition

Sue Noffke 30 Aug 2021

Electricity pylons are seen in front of the cooling towers at the Lethabo Thermal Power Station,an Eskom coal-burning power station near Sasolburg in the northern Free State province, 2 March 2016. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

South Africa aims to bring pilot carbon capture project online in 2023

23 Aug 2021

Source: Sergey Sukhanov –

Questions still circuiting the exemption for large-scale private power generation

Jason van der Poel, Alexandra Felekis and Mzukisi Kota 18 Aug 2021

Ntombifuthi Ntuli

RIP: Sawea's Ntombifuthi Ntuli

16 Aug 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

100MW self-generation amendments gazetted

13 Aug 2021

Fortress looks to increase solar output with launch of R900m sustainability-linked bonds

Fortress looks to increase solar output with launch of R900m sustainability-linked bonds

11 Aug 2021

Boikanyo Solar. Source: Supplied

Boikanyo Solar comes online

11 Aug 2021

Turbines on a wind farm outside Caledon near Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by Nardus Engelbrecht/Gallo Images/Getty Images

South Africa's power generation plans are out of date: an urgent rethink is needed

Hartmut Winkler 10 Aug 2021

Source: ©Alexey Kokoulin

Developing countries need to chart their own course to net zero emissions

26 Jul 2021

Demonstrators in Johannesburg march against environmental damage done by coal. Photo by Cornell Tukiri/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

How the rollout of South Africa's renewable energy plan is failing communities

Zoheb Khan 23 Jul 2021

Source: Supplied

How local content in the renewable energy value chain can boost the economy

21 Jul 2021

Ethiopia says second filling of giant dam on Blue Nile complete

Ethiopia says second filling of giant dam on Blue Nile complete

Dawit Endeshaw 20 Jul 2021

Electricity is vital for improving the quality of life of many in rural sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: USAID_images/Flickr

Banning fossil fuels in sub-Saharan Africa could slow the transition to renewable energy

Samuel Ayokunle Olówósejéjé 16 Jul 2021

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

Michelle Nichols 9 Jul 2021

South Korean toilet turns excrement into power and digital currency

South Korean toilet turns excrement into power and digital currency

Minwoo Park and Daewoung Kim 9 Jul 2021

Tunisia pushing UN action on Ethiopia dam, Ethiopia opposed

Tunisia pushing UN action on Ethiopia dam, Ethiopia opposed

Michelle Nichols 8 Jul 2021

Bridgett Majola and Gavin Noeth

It'll take more than a flick of a switch, but SA's energy future looks promising

Bridgett Majola & Gavin Noeth 7 Jul 2021

UN urges Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to recommit to dam talks

UN urges Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to recommit to dam talks

Doyinsola Oladipo 7 Jul 2021

Egypt notified that Ethiopia has resumed filling of giant dam

Egypt notified that Ethiopia has resumed filling of giant dam

Momen Saeed Atallah, Omar Fahmy and Nafisa Eltahir 6 Jul 2021

A solar plant is seen in Uyayna, north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 10, 2018. Reuters/Faisal Al Nasser

Botswana issues licence for first large scale solar power plant

6 Jul 2021

UN Security Council to meet on Ethiopia dam

UN Security Council to meet on Ethiopia dam

Michelle Nichols 2 Jul 2021

Source: Wikipedia

Inga 3 hydropower would cost South Africans billions

30 Jun 2021

John Lewis, MD, Aggreko Africa

The path to carbon neutrality is fuelled by hybrid power

John Lewis 29 Jun 2021

Sudan rejects Ethiopian plan to fill giant dam a second time - senior official

Sudan rejects Ethiopian plan to fill giant dam a second time - senior official

Khalid Abdelaziz 28 Jun 2021

Port of Saldanha. Source: Transnet Port Terminals

DFFE sinks Karpowership deal

24 Jun 2021

Australia's Fortescue in talks on giant Congo hydro project

Australia's Fortescue in talks on giant Congo hydro project

Melanie Burton and Hereward Holland 15 Jun 2021

New electricity self-generation thresholds a welcome relief

New electricity self-generation thresholds a welcome relief

Kieran Whyte 11 Jun 2021

Cloetesville Primary receives its Electrical Performance Certificate. Image: Stefan Els

GreenX Engineering helps Cloetesville Primary to achieve EPC certificate

11 Jun 2021

Why Southern Africa's interior is an ideal place to generate solar energy

Why Southern Africa's interior is an ideal place to generate solar energy

Hartmut Winkler 10 Jun 2021

Covid-19 has shown that following the same road will lead the world over a precipice

Covid-19 has shown that following the same road will lead the world over a precipice

Ian Goldin 2 Jun 2021