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A drone view shows solar panels in front of a mine as South Africa’s mining firms accelerate investment in renewable energy projects to diversify power supply, reduce costs and meet decarbonisation targets after decades of reliance on state utility Eskom, at Gold Fields’ South Deep mine, southwest of Johannesburg. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Anglo American, Sibanye look to renewables to drop Eskom relianceOlivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Nelson Banya

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#WomensMonth | Transnet, check. Eskom, check. Engen, ultimate dream check! Bongiwe Mkhwanazi isn’t afraid to dream bigMaroefah Smith

Secunda CTL is a synthetic fuel plant owned by Sasol at Secunda, Mpumalanga. It uses coal liquefaction to produce petroleum-like synthetic crude oil. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Sasol’s 30% emission drop plan is not all smoke and mirrors

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Urgent shift in water management crucial if SDGs are to be met

Urgent shift in water management crucial if SDGs are to be met

15 Mar 2018

Transparency, traceability key supply chain issues for seafood industry

Transparency, traceability key supply chain issues for seafood industry

15 Mar 2018

Is there something more sinister behind the latest PPA delay?

Is there something more sinister behind the latest PPA delay?

Nicci Botha 14 Mar 2018

Drought declared a national disaster

Drought declared a national disaster

14 Mar 2018

Why UNESCO's 'natural solutions' to water problems won't work in Africa

Why UNESCO's 'natural solutions' to water problems won't work in Africa

Mike Muller 13 Mar 2018

P&G and Game's water-supply partnership delivers over 2m litres in 2017

P&G and Game's water-supply partnership delivers over 2m litres in 2017

13 Mar 2018

Jklaasen via - Goats and sheep leaving a kraal in Namaqualand

Equipping farming communities for environmental stewardship

13 Mar 2018

Day Zero now unlikely, but could this mean more expensive water?

Day Zero now unlikely, but could this mean more expensive water?

9 Mar 2018

Radebe nails down date for signing renewables deal

Radebe nails down date for signing renewables deal

9 Mar 2018

Cape Town reduces water consumption by 60% in three years

Cape Town reduces water consumption by 60% in three years

7 Mar 2018

Bold steps are needed toward a 'new normal' that allocates water fairly in South Africa

Bold steps are needed toward a 'new normal' that allocates water fairly in South Africa

Mary Galvin 7 Mar 2018

President of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Professor Reimund Neugebauer, Dr Christopher Helbing, director: Division of Hydrogen Technologies, Fraunhofer ISE, Professor Jack Fletcher, Department of Chemical Engineering and UCT Vice-Chancellor, Dr Max Price.

UCT and Fraunhofer Institute sign MoU on hydrogen and fuel cell technology

7 Mar 2018

Nudging the city and residents of Cape Town to save water

Nudging the city and residents of Cape Town to save water

Leila Harris, Jiaying Zhao, Martine Visser 6 Mar 2018

Paolo Crosetto via - Rice paddies in Madagascar

Weather patterns putting strain on food security in southern and eastern Africa

6 Mar 2018

People collect water from Newlands Spring. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Here is the status of Cape Town's water supply projects

John Yeld 5 Mar 2018

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Italy, China propose solution to Lake Chad's water problem

Stephanie Findlay 2 Mar 2018

Cape Town's plans for what happens after Day Zero just won't work. Here's why

Cape Town's plans for what happens after Day Zero just won't work. Here's why

Josephine Kaviti Musango and Paul K Currie 2 Mar 2018

Life Vincent Pallotti goes off the water grid

Life Vincent Pallotti goes off the water grid

1 Mar 2018

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The Caledon, Theewaterskloof municipality partners to recycle spa water

1 Mar 2018

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Special alert: Reduced harvests, intensified food insecurity foreseen for Southern Africa

28 Feb 2018

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The Doomsday Vault a vital seed backup to protect the world's food supply

27 Feb 2018

How the President Hotel plans to defeat Day Zero

How the President Hotel plans to defeat Day Zero

Cari Coetzee 27 Feb 2018

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Water savvy wineries ensure water-wise OmmiBerg Harvest Celebration

27 Feb 2018

The Test Kitchen to launch reduced-water dining experience

The Test Kitchen to launch reduced-water dining experience

27 Feb 2018

#DesignIndaba2018: Be inspired by problems in Africa

#DesignIndaba2018: Be inspired by problems in Africa

Louise Marsland 26 Feb 2018

Study shows challenges faced by tourism accommodation industry in becoming more sustainable

Study shows challenges faced by tourism accommodation industry in becoming more sustainable

Alec Basson 26 Feb 2018

Delaying Day Zero

Delaying Day Zero

Green Worx Cleaning Solutions 26 Feb 2018

National dams show slight increase

National dams show slight increase

22 Feb 2018

#Budget2018: Drought-ravaged provinces could get up to R6bn in relief

#Budget2018: Drought-ravaged provinces could get up to R6bn in relief

Khulekani Magubane 22 Feb 2018

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A water-wise SA Cheese Festival

22 Feb 2018

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