About 85% of South Africa's electricity is produced by burning coal. The country's move to renewable energy means that the ...

Three South African environmental and climate justice organisations took the South African government to court in November ...

The power plant was earmaked to be ... new generation capacity just coming from coal." Independent Online, popularly known as IOL, is one of South Africa’s leading news and information websites ...

The DFFE said the exemptions are tailored to each coal powered plant, with stringent conditions attached for Eskom to adhere ...

Power utility Eskom, whose fleet of old coal-fired power plants generates most of South Africa's electricity, had applied to exempt eight of its plants from minimum emission standards prescribed in ...

Loans to Africa have been driven by China’s policy banks in support for coal and hydropower, but a more diverse cast of ...

Cabinet gave the greenlight to SAREM, a blueprint for unlocking South Africa’s full renewable energy potential.

With demand for reliable energy sources on the increase, more than 20 African states have signalled interest in developing nuclear power ...

In a similar move, Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), a subsidiary of global mining giant Rio Tinto, has significantly expanded its ...

Rather than allowing foreign interests to dictate South Africa’s energy policies, the government must take decisive action to ...

Three South African environmental and climate justice organisations took the South African government to court in November 2021, to challenge the authorisation of new coal-fired power as part of ...