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Coal’s slow death in Mpumalanga As the province’s coal sector contracts, jobs evaporate and transition support stalls, municipalities like Steve Tshwete are bleeding revenue… Marcia MoyanaThabo Molelekwa February 3, 2026 Energy & ESG
Billions pledged, no playbook: South Africa’s climate finance problem South Africa has a climate finance credibility problem – a vague funding plan. Lenders need clarity if they’re to finance a rewiring of the… by Alan Lee December 5, 2025 Energy & ESG·Opinion
Consultants guzzle millions in just energy grants R300m in funds meant for South Africa’s just energy transition have ended up in the accounts of consulting and audit firms… by Rob Rose July 1, 2025 Energy & ESG
Sasol makes short work of South Africa’s carbon pledges Sasol seems to have fudged both its tax contribution and jobs claims as it pushes back against National Treasury’s carbon tax plans… by Ann Crotty May 16, 2025 Energy & ESG
Cool reception for G20 climate plea South Africa is lobbying for stronger climate financing commitments. It’s a hard sell in the face of Donald Trump’s hostility to environmental concerns… by Rob Rose April 8, 2025 Energy & ESG
Budget red light over green power Enoch Godongwana’s budget speech looked like a leap forward for renewable energy. But take a deeper dive, and it’s less convincing… by Ruby Delahunt March 25, 2025 Energy & ESG
Greenwashing, dubious deals and secrecy: the dark underbelly of South Africa’s oil sector South Africa’s just energy transition is at risk of being torpedoed by murky deals and a flawed energy plan being driven by mineral and… by Rob Rose October 18, 2024 Energy & ESG·News
1 From buy to bye: FirstRand’s R17.7bn UK bungle April 10, 2026 Aldermore was supposed to be an ‘ideal platform’ through which…
2 Behind Natie’s R500bn jackpot – and what this says about South African entrepreneurs April 10, 2026 The sale of Jetro Restaurant Depot for $29.1bn is testament…
3 Sanell Aggenbach’s beautiful, unsettling take on a fractured world April 10, 2026 ‘NeoNature’ at Everard Read Joburg sees Sanell Aggenbach explore truth,…
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