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Energy transition

Sasol’s big pitch: debt, dividends and discipline

Business Maverick

Sasol’s big pitch: debt, dividends and discipline

By Yeshiel Panchia

Copper scrap is becoming a ‘strategic material’ as shortages loom — UN

Business Maverick

Copper scrap is becoming a ‘strategic material’ as shortages loom — UN

By Ed Stoddard

Sale of SA’s first solar IPP is first green shoots of maturing market

Business Maverick

Sale of SA’s first solar IPP is first green shoots of maturing market

By Lindsey Schutters

Namibia beats SA to green steel milestone before Coega can even get out the gate

Business Maverick

Namibia beats SA to green steel milestone before Coega can even get out the gate

By Lindsey Schutters

Mantashe says ‘King Coal is back’ as Seriti launches a new colliery

Business Maverick

Mantashe says ‘King Coal is back’ as Seriti launches a new colliery

By Ed Stoddard

Climate talks — Global South must seize the moment and take the lead to speed up transition

Africa

Climate talks — Global South must seize the moment and take the lead to speed up transition

By David King and Imraan Valodia

COP29 — from carbon credits to the Taliban, here are the big takeaways from Baku in week 1

World

COP29 — from carbon credits to the Taliban, here are the big takeaways from Baku in week 1

By Ethan van Diemen

G20 leaders, time is running out to end our perilous addiction to fossil fuels — act now

Our Burning Planet

G20 leaders, time is running out to end our perilous addiction to fossil fuels — act now

By Kumi Naidoo

Minister Mantashe’s seismic quest to explore the Karoo Basin for oil and gas reserves

Business Maverick

Minister Mantashe’s seismic quest to explore the Karoo Basin for oil and gas reserves

By Julia Evans

TotalEnergies pulled out of Brulpadda-Luiperd gas projects over pricing, parliamentary committee told

Business Maverick

TotalEnergies pulled out of Brulpadda-Luiperd gas projects over pricing, parliamentary committee told

By Ed Stoddard

How to build a ‘positive bond’ between coal and renewables, according to experts

South Africa

How to build a ‘positive bond’ between coal and renewables, according to experts

By Ethan van Diemen

Tales from Saldanha — can the town find its green future? (Part 1)

South Africa

Tales from Saldanha — can the town find its green future? (Part 1)

By Marcela Guerrero Casas and Dustin Kramer