Creator
Thabo Molelekwa is an award-winning environmental journalist and an assistant editor at Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism. In 2022 he graduated from the Oxpeckers #PowerTracker Training Programme and moved on to report on green energy projects and the energy transition for Oxpeckers’ #PowerTracker project. He was previously a health journalist at Health-e News, and the co-ordinator of the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s citizen journalism project reporting on climate change.
South Africans’ backup power systems could become giant virtual power plants – if regulators clear the way
South Africa’s green transition is creating jobs, but lasting employment depends on manufacturing, localisation and new industries
Billions are available for South Africa’s just transition, but the real challenge is building a pipeline of credible projects
Billions are flowing into South Africa’s green economy. But are local manufacturers, workers and communities truly benefiting?
A R4.7bn green hydrogen project promised jobs, development and investment for Vaal communities. Nothing has materialised
As the province’s coal sector contracts, jobs evaporate and transition support stalls, municipalities like Steve Tshwete are bleeding revenue
In a high court challenge, the government and independent power producers are accused of flouting localisation laws
The SalTuba Cooperative is a flagship example of socially-owned renewable energy, and a model for energy democracy
