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Solar farm. photo: Ihsaan Haffejee / Oxpeckers

Beyond the build: green jobs in South Africa’s renewables industry

South Africa’s green transition is creating jobs, but lasting employment depends on manufacturing, localisation and new industries

Komati Power Station was decommissioned in late 2022. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee. Oxpeckers

Why billions in climate finance are still sitting on the sidelines

Billions are available for South Africa’s just transition, but the real challenge is building a pipeline of credible projects

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ArcelorMittal needs a just transition, not an exit

The fallout from ArcelorMittal’s closure extends far beyond the factory gates, threatening entire local economies

Cyril Ramaphosa Sona climate concerns. Photo by Gallo Images/Jeffrey Abrahams / Rawpixel / Currency collage

Silence speaks loudest: the climate contradictions in Cyril’s Sona

The president’s address shows a government that wants to manage climate impacts without fully taking responsibility for their causes

Eskom’s decommissioned Komati Power Station. Picture: Ihsaan Haffejee

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

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Billions pledged, no playbook: South Africa’s climate finance problem

South Africa has a climate finance credibility problem – a vague funding plan. Lenders need clarity if they’re to finance a rewiring of the economy

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Consultants guzzle millions in just energy grants

R300m in funds meant for South Africa’s just energy transition have ended up in the accounts of consulting and audit firms

Sasol runs South Africa climate plans

Sasol makes short work of South Africa’s carbon pledges

Sasol seems to have fudged both its tax contribution and jobs claims as it pushes back against National Treasury’s carbon tax plans

Dion George (Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries). Picture: Gallo Images/Misha Jordaan

Cool reception for G20 climate plea

South Africa is lobbying for stronger climate financing commitments. It’s a hard sell in the face of Donald Trump’s hostility to environmental concerns

Solar incentives. Picture: Currency

Budget red light over green power

Enoch Godongwana’s budget speech looked like a leap forward for renewable energy. But take a deeper dive, and it’s less convincing

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Greenwashing, dubious deals and secrecy: the dark underbelly of South Africa’s oil sector

South Africa’s just energy transition is at risk of being torpedoed by murky deals and a flawed energy plan being driven by mineral and petroleum resources minister Gwede…