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Ramaphosa raises SA investment target to R3 trillion as Sasol pledges R60bn

Ramaphosa has raised South Africa’s investment target to R3 trillion after nearly R890 billion in pledges at this year’s investment conference, with Sasol’s R60 billion commitment emerging as one of the biggest – and a sign of business confidence tied to policy certainty

Prof Khaled Abou-El-Hossein the Executive Dean of Engineering and Technology at the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) at the Green Hydrogen Centre of Excellence at the Southern Gauteng Science and Technology Park in Sebokeng. Picture: Ihsaan Haffejee

Vaal Hydrogen Hub’s hollow promises

A flagship green hydrogen project is positioned to support industrial development in the Vaal — but there’s no sign of it and little awareness among the communities it is meant to serve

Ramaphosa said the Just Energy Transition Investment Plan has attracted about R250 billion in international pledges for large-scale manufacturing, infrastructure and skills development.

Procedural justice foundation of South Africa’s just energy transition

The JET must be deep: redistributive, participatory and youth-led

Residents, community organisations and civil society groups across Johannesburg have united to demand urgent action to end the city’s deepening water crisis. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Is South Africa ready for a green hydrogen economy?

Water scarcity is the most pressing problem in developing a green hydrogen economy

Green hydrogen is hydrogen gas made from renewable energy sources such as solar or wind power. (File photo)

The rise and roadblocks of South Africa’s green hydrogen economy

Despite it being praised by the president, civil society coalition counters that South Africa’s green hydrogen vision is fragile

If green hydrogen is to play a role in Africa’s energy future, it must be on terms that genuinely benefit the continent. (Photo by Christoph Reichwein/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Is green hydrogen worth it for Africa?

It is more a case of green colonialism, with the continent threatened by water conflicts, land grabs and endangered biodiversity while foreign powers reap the benefits

Farm 58 is phase one of a three-phase project that leads to a new industrial zone known as North Port on Walvis Bay’s northern outskirts. Graphic supplied

Walvis Bay’s Cleanergy plant leads the way in green hydrogen technology

An inside look at a green hydrogen plant that has made the most visible progress of nine projects under development in Namibia

Drought-stricken: The dry vista around Bloemhof and Geluk farms, bordering on the Namib-Naukluft National Park. Photo: John Grobler
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Green energy innovations are being developed in Namibia’s desert

Green hydrogen features in projects aimed at producing carbon-free steel and ammonia fuel for shipping and rail transport

Drivers in the cabin of a hydrogen-powered truck during a moving demonstration, part of Anglo American Plc’s NuGen carbon-neutral project, at the Anglo American Platinum Ltd. Mogalakwena platinum mine in Mogalakwena, South Africa, on Friday, May 6, 2022. Anglo American unveiled the worlds biggest green-hydrogen powered truck at a platinum mine in northeast South Africa where it aims to replace a fleet of 40 diesel-fueled vehicles that each use about a million liters of the fossil fuel every year. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

South Africa faces skills gap in hydrogen economy, report finds

The Labour Market Intelligence report has found that occupational workers lack hydrogen-specific skills to compete in the global economy

Green hydrogen is hydrogen gas made from renewable energy sources such as solar or wind power. (File photo)

Special Economic Zones are propelling Africa’s green hydrogen drive

A 2023 report from the European Investment Bank predicts Africa could produce over 50 million tons of green hydrogen annually by 2035