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Worker safety: Findings by the Karonga district commissioner reveal that drinking water at Kayelekera mine
does not meet acceptable standards. Photo: Supplied

Uranium mine audit flags toxic water and sanitation failures

Lotus Resources’ Kayelekera mine faces scrutiny after an audit revealed water safety and sanitation failures affecting workers

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (GCIS)

Climate change an existential threat, Ramaphosa says

President calls for urgent action to move South Africa’s just energy transition from commitment to delivery at the inaugural meeting of the reconstituted Presidential Climate Commission

Mineral and petroleum resources minister Gwede Mantashe. File Photo

‘King coal is back’, says Mantashe

The minister framed coal, not as a relic of the past, but as a critical driver of energy security, industrial activity and employment

South African manufacturers exporting products such as steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, chemicals, electricity and hydrogen will have to provide emissions data by 2026. Photo: File

Data, insight, action: Green manufacturing is driving competitiveness

Digital technologies such as blockchain, internet of things sensors, AI and machine learning are transforming South African industry

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

The reality is that we simply cannot meet the African continent’s unique energy problems and opportunities without accelerating grid transformation. Photo: Salam Habash / Unsplash

Our ailing power grids need urgent upgrading to accommodate renewable energy

The recent outage in Spain and Portugal shows we must modernise how we transport power, supported by AI and automation

Contractors from Paragon Tailings doing trial hydraulic reclamation of the phosphogypsum stacks. Photo supplied

Limpopo rare earths project aims to clean up the environment

At least six decades of mining has caused significant environmental damage in the Phalaborwa area

The Stellenbosch University team, together with Rham Equipment company, retrofits a fuel-driven minibus taxi, converting it into an electric vehicle. Photo supplied

Electric transport ‘promising’ in Africa, says new report

The continent could emerge as a leader in decarbonising its transport sector