South Africa has allowed eight coal-fired power plants run by state-owned utility Eskom to exceed air pollution and emissions limits this decade as the most industrialized economy in Africa looks to ...

Instead of shutting down existing coal power plants in the coming years, South Africa should refurbish ageing units to ...

Explore how South Africa's electricity crises intertwine with socio-economic challenges and climate change, and why effective ...

While he admits the plans for wind power are exciting, Mnisi reminded that it took a long time to get wind farms off the ...

Nuclear power has been secured in South Africa, at least for the next 20 years are now both units at Koeberg are licensed.

The High Court of South Africa has ruled that government plans for new coal-fired power capacity are unlawful as they violate the constitutional right to health. South Africa’s government has planned ...

Doctors have warned Cardinal Stephen Brislin, the new archbishop of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg in South Africa, about the growing health hazards related to air pollution emanating from the city's ...

Four nights a week, Given Zuli packs some food, meets his colleagues at the entrance of an abandoned coal mine in South Africa's eastern Mpumalanga province, and descends into the earth for up to 12 ...

“There is strong demand from the ground to participate in the green economy,” says Joanne Yawitch, who leads South Africa’s ...

Coal power is indispensable to reversing the overwhelming decline of South Africa’s alloys industry, which has resulted in massive job losses. Speaking at the 2025 Mpumalanga Coal Conference hosted by ...

China's state-owned Power Construction Corp (PowerChina) is aiming for significant growth in Africa, focusing on renewable ...