Marcia Moyana

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Marcia Moyana

Marcia Moyana is an award-winning South African freelance journalist who works on the Oxpeckers #PowerTracker programme. In 2023 Marcia was named SADC Print Journalist of the Year by the South African government through the Government Communication and Information System. She was the inaugural Grow Great Journalist of the Year in 2019, and in 2020 she was one of the top five finalists in the APO Group African Women in Media awards.She is currently completing a master’s in journalism at Stellenbosch University.

The Atlantis Special Economic Zone requires that 30% of infrastructure project value be directed to local businesses. Photo: Barry Christianson. Picture courtesy Oxpeckers; only to be used with permission.
ENERGY

Renewables: plugging the localisation gap

Billions are flowing into South Africa’s green economy. But are local manufacturers, workers and communities truly benefiting?

  • Marcia Moyana
  • Thabo Molelekwa
8 min read
The Hydrogen Valley Innovation Hub was meant to start operating in January 2025 and promised to create several hundred jobs in its first year, yet the site where it is meant to stand remains empty. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee
COMMUNITIES
Video

Vaal’s Hydrogen Hub: big promises, empty fields

A R4.7bn green hydrogen project promised jobs, development and investment for Vaal communities. Nothing has materialised

  • Marcia Moyana
  • Thabo Molelekwa
8 min read
Eskom’s decommissioned Komati Power Station. Picture: Ihsaan Haffejee
COAL

Coal’s slow death in Mpumalanga

As the province’s coal sector contracts, jobs evaporate and transition support stalls, municipalities like Steve Tshwete are bleeding revenue

  • Marcia Moyana
  • Thabo Molelekwa
8 min read