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Virtual wheeling: The Selemela Solar Park in Lichtenburg, North West, generates and sells electricity to other parts of the country via a wheeling agreement. Pictured here is plant manager Tebogo Tong. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee
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Beyond the Grid: Pinging power from farms to factories

Solar power moves virtually from farmland in North West to factories hundreds of kilometres away. How it works and what it means for the country’s energy transition

  • Eyaaz
8 min read

Shadowed by the Sun: Hyperpigmentation, Melasma, and the South  African Cultural Climate – A Call for Clinical Intervention

South Africa, bathed in intense sunlight, grapples with an epidemic of hyperpigmentation and melasma. These  skin conditions, marked by darkened patches, affect all skin tones, revealing the impact of both climate and  cultural attitudes. The relentless UV radiation, combined with deeply ingrained behaviours towards sun  exposure, creates a perfect storm for these conditions to thrive.  […]

  • Shaun Goosen
4 min read

In Morocco’s drought neighbours battle over water allocation

Severe drought brought a farming village to its knees, but unresolved conflict is its biggest threat

4 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the climate change bill into law last month.

SA’s new law a propeller for the continent, say African climate specialists

South Africa is also playing a leading role during negotiations for climate policies, and is using its position to advance conversations for the whole of Africa

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
A woman holds a placard on the beach as hundreds of people (not visible) take part in a protest against the plan by Dutch oil company Shell to conduct underwater seismic surveys along South Africa’s East coast, at Muizenberg Beach, in Cape Town, on December 05, 2021. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Weak focus’ on climate, environment in election manifestos

Political parties are treating the issues as ‘peripheral’ concerns

  • Sheree Bega
9 min read