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Otsile Bokamoso, an after-school educational organisation, has helped thousands of learners through the support of a local community trust. Pictured here is its founder, Sophile Motsumi, along with some of the students. Photo: Motlatsi Mofokeng
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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Community trusts are greening the future

The trusts are designed to ensure that a portion of the profits of renewable energy projects are shared with the people who live near them

  • Refilwe Mochoari, Thabo Molelekwa & Motlatsi Mofokeng
7 min read
For a continent that boasts abundant renewable energy sources like hydropower, solar and wind, this cannot continue. Key challenges are infrastructure-related and poor investment. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
CLIMATE CHANGE

Pent-up investor interest in green energy finance will boost South Africa’s plans

The delay in additional capacity to the grid was not caused by a lack of private capital, but a lack of projects

  • Tunicia Phillips
6 min read
CLIMATE CHANGE

Renewable energy can create about 231 400 jobs up to 2030

The switch to alternative energy is crucial for employment, economic growth and decarbonisation

  • Tiaan Hendriks
5 min read