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‘This is no game’: Fact-checking Songezo Zibi’s Rise Mzansi election manifesto launch speech
By: Africa Check 23rd February 2024 The newly formed Rise Mzansi party launched its election manifesto in January 2024. We fact-checked seven claims made in the document and found... →
South Africa: National Budget Speech key developments 2024
23rd February 2024 South Africa: National Budget Speech key developments 2024 →
Mini Grid Solutions for Underserved Customers: New Insights from Nigeria and India
23rd February 2024 Traditionally, mini grids have been viewed as “off-grid” systems that are built and operated solely for communities without electricity. The... →
Eskom eschews $2.5bn of cheap loans as climate pact flounders 
By: Bloomberg 23rd February 2024 South Africa’s State power utility has failed to tap $2.5-billion of cheap loans to build critical transmission infrastructure that would help end... →
Eskom insists downward EAF slide has been ‘arrested’ amid Stage 4 loadshedding
By: Terence Creamer 22nd February 2024 Eskom insists the performance of its unreliable generation fleet is on an improving trajectory, releasing a graphic-heavy statement on February 22... →
Daily Podcast – February 22, 2024
22nd February 2024 February 22, 2024. For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Halima Frost. →
Transition to the green economy offers great opportunities for women, but problems remain
By: Rebecca Campbell 22nd February 2024 The move to a green economy is a move to a more feminine economy, affirmed KD Strategies founding director Katnisha Singh on Thursday. She was... →
Cape Town driving forward with renewable energy, climate resilience programmes
By: Rebecca Campbell 22nd February 2024 Last year, Cape Town paid out R25-million to businesses which sold their surplus renewable energy to the city. And, starting this year, private... →
