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Durban and Joburg worst hit by water outagesChart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.

Make your 2027 budget work harder: Prioritise water cost savings now

Make your 2027 budget work harder: Prioritise water cost savings now

By Zea Gove 1 Oct 2026

Dyllon Randall co-founded a modular urine-to-fertiliser recovery system at the Cape Town Stadium, which recently collected 3,600 litres of urine during the South Africa vs New Zealand rugby game. Image supplied.

Cape Town Stadium urine-recycling innovator selected for 2026 Africa Prize

29 Sep 2026

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Wind turbines on the Eastern Cape bushveld along the R350 road to Bedford, outside Makhanda. The area around has some of the country’s best wind power potential but is also among the Eastern Cape’s most ecologically sensitive landscapes. Photos: Aphiwe Ngowapi

Debate over new Makhanda wind farm

Gcina Ntsaluba and Asemahle Vumsindo 28 Sep 2026

The arrangement currently supplies five Growthpoint buildings, including its newly refurbished 36 Hans Strijdom foreshore building, which underwent an environmentally innovative retrofit and now runs entirely on renewable energy. Image supplied.

Growthpoint and Etana Energy are wheeling clean energy to Cape Town

18 Sep 2026

Exceptional El Niño puts southern Africa on drought alert

Exceptional El Niño puts southern Africa on drought alert

Steve Kretzmann 18 Sep 2026

Source: Reuters.

South Africa's first offshore wind farm delayed as World Bank highlights potential

17 Sep 2026

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Phelan Green’s clean jet fuel project leads SA’s green hydrogen push

16 Sep 2026

Activists have lodged an appeal against the rezoning approval given for this land near Cape Town Airport to be the site for a hyperscale data centre. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Activists appeal Cape Town data centre approval

Tania Broughton 15 Sep 2026

A drone view shows South Africa’s Sasol petrochemical refinery in Sasolburg, southwest of Johannesburg. Image credit: Reuters/Thando Hlophe/File Photo

Sasol challenges scientists to unlock access to green hydrogen

14 Sep 2026

Fossil Free South Africa has won four victories over “greenwashing” in advertising by oil, coal and gas companies, write the authors. Graphic: Lisa Nelson

Fossil fuel companies rebuked for greenwashing

Jo-Anne Smetherham, Kholwani Simelane and Patrick Bond 11 Sep 2026

Southern Africa farms enter 2026/27 El Niño with stronger defences

Southern Africa farms enter 2026/27 El Niño with stronger defences

11 Sep 2026

The future of food: Reflections from The 2026 Africa Food Systems Conference

The future of food: Reflections from The 2026 Africa Food Systems Conference

Andy Du Plessis, FoodForward SA 9 Sep 2026

Source: Nedbank.

How smart geysers are saving Nedbank clients millions

8 Sep 2026

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Green businesses win big at Nedbank Green Economy Indaba

7 Sep 2026

People collecting water at the Newlands Spring in Cape Town in February 2018.

Cape Town desalination plans delayed while water demand soars

Steve Kretzmann 2 Sep 2026

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Former Microsoft and Petronas HR head joins Seriti Green as CPO

1 Sep 2026

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 reliance

Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Nelson Banya 26 Aug 2026

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#WomensMonth | Engen’s Bongiwe Mkhwanazi isn’t afraid to dream big

Maroefah Smith 25 Aug 2026

Source: Momentum. Momentum's group economist, Sanisha Packirisamy.

#EXCLUSIVE: South Africa’s July inflation drop may not last, Momentum group warns

Katja Hamilton 20 Aug 2026

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

20 Aug 2026

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AWEaP partners with the University of Limpopo to empower energy entrepreneurs

19 Aug 2026

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Food inflation hits 16-year low

Katja Hamilton 19 Aug 2026

From GuguByGugu to FoodForward SA: Meet the 2026 Eco-Logic Award finalists

14 Aug 2026

“Sustainability starts with a genuine commitment to want to achieve meaningful impact,” says Empact’s group sustainability executive Lara Barlow. Image supplied.

Empowering people to prosper: Inside Empact’s first sustainability report

Maroefah Smith 12 Aug 2026

#WomensMonth | SANBWA's Charlotte Metcalf on why purpose, proof and persistence matter in water stewardship

#WomensMonth | SANBWA's Charlotte Metcalf on why purpose, proof and persistence matter in water stewardship

Evan-Lee Courie 12 Aug 2026

100% Organic Waste to Landfill Ban in 2027: Waste less, feed more people

100% Organic Waste to Landfill Ban in 2027: Waste less, feed more people

Andy du Plessis, FoodForward SA 5 Aug 2026

Miss Soweto Lungile Siyaphi leads White Star food drive for children and elderly

Miss Soweto Lungile Siyaphi leads White Star food drive for children and elderly

OnPoint PR 3 Aug 2026

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3 SA innovators selected for 2026 FNF Afri GreenPitch Challenge

29 Jul 2026

Tribunal approves Equinix data centres despite activist objections

Tribunal approves Equinix data centres despite activist objections

Sharon Kimathi 29 Jul 2026

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