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The department of mineral resources and energy has hit back at critics who have spoken against its latest draft report on South Africa Renewable Energy Master Plan released in July. (Dean Hutton/Getty Images & Luca Sola/Getty Images)
GREEN CONNECTION

Mixed reactions to South Africa Renewable Energy Master Plan draft

Environmental groups call for more involvement as the draft does not provide viable solutions to energy poverty or address transformation

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read
As government pushes for a huge increase in electricity generation from gas, serious questions are being raised about the logic behind the move
350 ORG

Gas: South Africa’s next ‘battleground’

As government pushes for a huge increase in electricity generation from gas, serious questions are being raised about the logic behind the move

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
The North Gauteng High Court ruling halts the government’s plans to build new coal-fired power stations. Photo: File
ANTONIO GUTERRES

South Africa prioritises fossil fuels over clean energy in post-Covid-19 recovery packages

The country is among the G20 countries who have invested in electricity produced from coal, oil and gas at the cost of addressing climate change

  • Richard Bridle
  • Chido Muzondo
4 min read
Hard choices: President Cyril Ramaphosa visits Pampierstad (above) during the ANC’s 108th anniversary celebrations. In Kimberley, about 100km away, he spoke of the poverty, which mirrors South Africa’s ‘inability to transform the economy in the past 25 years’. (Masi Losi)
ANC NEC

‘Be bold, take risks’ to fix economy

Everyone has different solutions, but they all agree that time is running out — and Eskom is the priority

  • Kevin Davie
8 min read