Thousands of informal miners are working every day beneath South Africa’s coal heartland, but they worry that the ...

Power generation in South Africa is expected to increase by more than 40% through 2030. At present, coal dominates South Africa’s power mix, accounting for more than 80% of electricity generation.

(Bloomberg) -- South Africa is seeking to alter the terms of a landmark agreement under which it promised to cut its reliance on coal in exchange for access to financing. The government of President ...

MASAKHANE, South Africa (AP) — Living in the shadow of one of South Africa’s largest coal-fired power stations, residents of Masakhane fear job losses if the facility is closed as the country moves to ...

Germany’s development finance institution DEG, France’s Proparco and the Netherlands’ FMO have jointly provided a $300mn ...

South Africa’s once dominant ferrochrome industry is on the brink of collapse and requires a government bailout. That decline ...

South Africa, heavily dependent on coal for energy and export, has secured $2.2 billion in funding to shift towards renewable energy, despite contributing significantly to global carbon emissions. The ...

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 ...

South Africa’s Presidential Climate Commission has advised the country, which relies on coal for most of its electricity, to forsake using the fossil fuel for future power generation and to only use a ...

Coal producer Seriti Resources has started building South Africa’s largest wind farm, as the country’s mining industry seeks to cut its reliance on troubled state-owned power utility Eskom Holdings ...

The World Bank has approved $497 million in loans and other assistance to finance decommissioning and repurposing of one of the world’s largest coal-fired power plants—the 1,000-MW Komati facility in ...

It’s Thursday, November 10, and South Africa has a detailed plan to decarbonize. Just days before the start of this year’s climate conference known as COP27, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa ...