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latest news & developmentsTotalEnergies in Africa: A legacy of destruction
Since entering the continent in 1956, the oil company has put profit over the wellbeing of communities and ecosystems
Power play: The energy conundrum facing South Africa — and the world
Must we choose between short-term well-being and long-term environmental damage?
Total knew it was fuelling climate change since the 1970s
New scientific research shows the oil company understood the science before it became a public issue and spent millions to promote misinformation
Analysts expecting another attack ‘in the next few months’ in northern Mozambique
The extremist insurgency in Mozambique has been an ongoing threat since 2017. SADC needs to act now, say analysts
Lessons from Palma attack: What next for the insurgency in Cabo Delgado?
Mozambique is starting to accept it needs more than private military aid to fight the Islamic State insurgency
No emergency plan for the ‘Battle of Palma’
South Africa was willing to assist, but the Mozambican government would not allow foreign military forces to get involved
The Total cost of offshore mining for South Africa
The country must abide by its commitment to empower particularly black women when an oceans economy is developed
Looking the Brulpadda in the mouth
It will be years before the fuel produced there can be used — and it will come at a massive environmental cost
Gas find could save PetroSA
The state’s struggling company says Total will also benefit if it piggybacks on its infrastructure
Editorial: Oil find a mixed blessing
‘Offshore rigs have made some countries rich. They have also proven to be the feeding ground for corrupt elites’
Total makes ‘significant’ gas find on South African coast
Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe welcomed the news of the discovery
Angola bets on largest-ever offshore oil investment
Angola was badly hit by the oil-price plunge in 2014
Dodgy diesel: Shell to quit PetroSA
The desperate state oil company’s ill-conceived bid to refine crude at its gas-to-liquid plant might be the last nail in its coffin
France’s Total has officially left Iran
French energy giant Total has officially quit its multi-billion-dollar gas project in Iran, says Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh
Europe’s energy giants reap benefits of oil price surge
Rising oil prices can push up inflation, but first, they translate into rising revenues and profits for energy majors and producer nations