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TotalEnergies, the French petro giant company with a legacy of destruction on the continent, this year celebrates 100 years. (Ernest Ankomah/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

TotalEnergies in Africa: A legacy of destruction

Since entering the continent in 1956, the oil company has put profit over the wellbeing of communities and ecosystems

The migration to renewable energy is gaining momentum but there is a shortage of storage facilities. Photo: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Power play: The energy conundrum facing South Africa — and the world

Must we choose between short-term well-being and long-term environmental damage?

TotalEnergies (formerly known as Elf, and then Total) was, in 1971, aware of the harmful effects of global warming caused by burning fossil fuels. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Total knew it was fuelling climate change since the 1970s

New scientific research shows the oil company understood the science before it became a public issue and spent millions to promote misinformation

Analysts expecting another attack ‘in the next few months’ in northern Mozambique

The extremist insurgency in Mozambique has been an ongoing threat since 2017. SADC needs to act now, say analysts

Lessons from Palma attack: What next for the insurgency in Cabo Delgado?

Mozambique is starting to accept it needs more than private military aid to fight the Islamic State insurgency

(John McCann/M&G)

No emergency plan for the ‘Battle of Palma’

South Africa was willing to assist, but the Mozambican government would not allow foreign military forces to get involved

The opportunities and concerns presented by Total’s gas discovery require serious consideration if South Africa is to benefit sustainably from unlocking its economic potential at sea, writes the author. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)

The Total cost of offshore mining for South Africa

The country must abide by its commitment to empower particularly black women when an oceans economy is developed

The opportunities and concerns presented by Total’s gas discovery require serious consideration if South Africa is to benefit sustainably from unlocking its economic potential at sea, writes the author. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)

Looking the Brulpadda in the mouth

It will be years before the fuel produced there can be used — and it will come at a massive environmental cost

(John McCann)

Gas find could save PetroSA

The state’s struggling company says Total will also benefit if it piggybacks on its infrastructure

Editorial: It’s dangerous to other foreigners (Photo Archive)

Editorial: Oil find a mixed blessing

‘Offshore rigs have made some countries rich. They have also proven to be the feeding ground for corrupt elites’

Total holds a 45% stake in the block, alongside Qatari, Canadian and South African firms. (Stephane Mahe/Reuters)

Total makes ‘significant’ gas find on South African coast

Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe welcomed the news of the discovery

For three months now the Kaombo Norte has been anchored off the northern coast of Angola and has recently begun to pump up crude oil secreted in the depths below.

Angola bets on largest-ever offshore oil investment

Angola was badly hit by the oil-price plunge in 2014

De Lille said the remaining three members could not form a quorum and that the board was no longer functional. Photo: (David Harrison/M&G)

Dodgy diesel: Shell to quit PetroSA

The desperate state oil company’s ill-conceived bid to refine crude at its gas-to-liquid plant might be the last nail in its coffin

A gas flare on an oil production platform (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)

France’s Total has officially left Iran

​French energy giant Total has officially quit its multi-billion-dollar gas project in Iran, says Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh

Europe’s energy giants reap benefits of oil price surge

Rising oil prices can push up inflation, but first, they translate into rising revenues and profits for energy majors and producer nations