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HLOKOMELA

Supporting 20 years of impact: Helping Hlokomela to care for Limpopo’s rural communities

In 2018, Hlokomela – meaning “to care” in Sepedi – stood at a crossroads. The award-winning HIV and AIDS education and treatment programme, based in Hoedspruit, Limpopo, was on…

  • Staff Reporter
6 min read
Power of nature: Water at the top of the Thina Falls is diverted to a pipe and turns the turbines that supply electricity to about 50 households in KwaMadiba village. The components are in a shipping container at the bottom of the falls.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION

Micro-hydropower lights up an Eastern Cape village

There is hidden potential for small hydropower plants in South Africa

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read