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A new climate-smart horticulture centre at Eskom’s Grootvlei power station, backed by the Netherlands, is testing how South Africa’s energy transition can deliver jobs, food security and skills
AGRICULTURAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

From coal to crops: Grootvlei’s climate-smart horticulture centre takes root

A new climate-smart horticulture centre at Eskom’s Grootvlei power station, backed by the Netherlands, is testing how South Africa’s energy transition can deliver jobs, food…

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
The Pretoria high court has overturned the government’s plans to add 1 500 megawatts of new coal-fired power to the national grid. (Guillem Sartorio/AFP)
BARBARA CREECY
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People fear the future if Grootvlei power station closes

Jobs are already in short supply in Dipaleseng, near the Mpumalanga plant

  • Mandisa Makgakga
  • Lesego Chepape
8 min read
Former Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter. (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images)
ANDRE DE RUYTER

De Ruyter: R1 billion a month being stolen from Eskom is ‘conservative estimate’

The former Eskom chief executive has in a submission to parliament reiterated his statement that cartels, notably in Mpumalanga, are milking the company dry

  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read
Closure: Grootvlei power station will reach the end of its life in five years’ time. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CLOSURE

Eskom workers: ‘We’re in the dark about just transition plans’

With pressure on the government to shift to clean energy, employees worry about their future

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read