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Vusi Dlamini, head of operations at the Renergen Tetra4 Virginia Gas Project. Photo: Motlatsi Mofokeng
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Free State’s helium gamble: A new energy frontier?

The province is home to the biggest gas and helium project in the country. Will it speed up the shift towards renewable energy sources, or could it potentially hinder progress?…

Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party has chosen a relatively unknown regional governor, Daniel Chapo, as its new leader, which will make him the successor to President Filipe Nyusi if the party wins this year’s elections.

Mozambique’s governing party chooses new leader

With the change in leadership of Frelimo, the country is likely to have a new president after the elections on 9 October

Reducing imports: Nigeria’s Kaduna Refinery is expected to resume operations by 2023. Photo: Andrew Holt/Getty Images

COP27: Scramble for Africa’s gas – and some countries on the continent keen to comply

Contrary to the push for clean energy, several African countries want to develop gas fields for local use and export. And, with Russia’s war in Ukraine, Europeans are ready to…

Petro-Canada’s Edmonton Refinery and Distribution Centre glows at dusk. The G7 are making moves to cut the subsidies on fossil fuels in an effort to remain true to COP21.

African leaders must stand together at COP27 to counter the Global North’s divide-and-rule tactics

Africa’s leaders must be clear-eyed about what they can get and not trade away their peoples’ future development for more empty promises.

Sasol’s earnings have soared given the energy crunch caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine — and it’s betting on another fossil fuel to carry it into the future. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

Sasol betting big on natural gas

The company’s earnings have soar given the energy crunch caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine — and it’s betting on another fossil fuel to carry it into the future

In the face of severe load-shedding, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has started approving gas projects to help alleviate the pressure on the economy. (Luca Sola/AFP)

Government’s gas plan is ‘reckless and unnecessary’, say environment groups

But the department of mineral resources and energy says natural gas is clean and a key part of South Africa’s future energy mix diversification and transition to a decarbonised…

Sasol commits to net zero ambition by 2050, triples 2030 emission reduction targets

But Sasol shouldn’t rely on natural gas a transition fuel, say civil society organisations

Offshore oil and gas development in South Africa is governed, among others, by the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998, as amended in 2022, and the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act.

Karpowerships plead their case, but environmentalist argue SA doesn’t need powerships

The powerships will be more expensive for consumers than wind and solar energy and isn’t required for reliable electricity generation

A man carries a mattress as he arrives at Paquitequete beach in Pemba, Mozambique after fleeing Palma by boat with 49 other people, on May 22, 2021. (Image: John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images)

Why the discovery of natural gas in Mozambique has produced tragedy

An insurgency against poverty that has opportunistically taken on the mantle of the Islamic State faces the wrath of African armies. Meanwhile, another tragedy — the criminal…

Doubt: The Yamal LNG gas plant in Russia. Critics of South Africa’s Gas Amendment Bill argue that it supports fossil fuel development and drives carbon emissions. (Maxim Zmeyev/AFP/Getty Images)

‘Government must take its foot off the new gas Bill’

Environmental organisations want the government to factor the climate change crisis into the proposed legislation

Carbon allowances exist when a government sets a cap on the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) that can be emitted by an industry. Photo: Supplied

Carbon dioxide, methane levels surge despite Covid-19 lockdowns

Carbon dioxide levels are now higher than at any time in past 3.6-million years

A baby who is suffering from respiratory disease receives treatment at Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital in Dhaka. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP)

One in five deaths are due to fossil fuel air pollution

Researchers of a new study hope policymakers will consider the health benefits of alternative energy solutions

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his son Yair.

Netanyahu’s son under fire after ‘strip club’ tape

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son has been caught on tape seemingly drunk outside a strip club talking about a key natural gas deal

SA gung ho about mining oceans

The short-term profits from commercial exploitation of offshore mineral resources may imperil fishing communities.

Explosion rocks Egypt gas terminal near Israel

An explosion rocked a natural gas terminal near Egypt’s border with Israel on Wednesday, forcing the shutdown of the country’s export pipeline.

The big if

The big if

The Karoo has a potential natural gas deposit that could contribute to the country’s future energy security and create thousands of jobs.

UN court defines border in Romania-Ukraine row

The UN’s highest court, the International Court of Justice, on Tuesday defined the Black Sea border between Romania and Ukraine.