SA’s electricity sector is headed for a critical implementation phase in 2026 as regulatory and structural reforms introduced over the past year start to take effect, writes Legalbrief. But Business Leadership SA (BLSA) and Business Unity SA have flagged a ... Read More
Nersa has officially hiked electricity price increases to 8.8% for the next two years, reflecting the correction of its embarrassing R54bn mistake in Eskom’s price application made last year. Initially, when Nersa announced Eskom’s tariff increases for 2026/27 ... Read More
The MKP says it has formally requested an urgent debate in Parliament to address SA’s deepening water crisis, reports IoL. MKP national spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela said communities across the country are facing dry taps, polluted water, collapsing sewage systems and ... Read More
Minister of Minerals Resources & Energy Gwede Mantashe says coal is a ‘critical’ mineral for SA because of its contribution to the economy. A report in The Citizen notes that Mantashe delivered the keynote address at the 21st Annual Southern ... Read More
Communities do not have to be passive victims of municipal failures, argues Zoë Postman, head of communications for Social Change at the Equality Collective, a community-embedded rural justice organisation in the former Transkei. In a GroundUp analysis, she notes that ‘in ... Read More
African countries are aiming to achieve a total nuclear power generating capacity of 15GW by 2035, most of it in West Africa. An Engineering News report notes that this would require a capital investment of $105bn. This was highlighted at ... Read More
Tanzania continues to benefit significantly from international climate and environment financing, with funds supporting major projects implemented in both Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. A Daily News report notes that Deputy Minister in the Vice-President's Office (Union and Environment) Dr ... Read More
The Enugu High Court in Nigeria ruled last week that the former British colonial administration was liable for a 1949 labour dispute that caused 21 worker deaths. A Jurist report notes that Judge Anthony Onovo awarded each victim’s family £20m ... Read More
Britain last week unveiled its first plan to tackle ‘forever chemicals’ and reduce the risks they pose to health and the environment. A Cape Times report notes that PFAs (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a group of some 10 000 ... Read More
A US federal judge delivered an order last week allowing the Sunrise Wind project to continue operations off the coast of New York state’s Long Island. A Jurist report notes that District Judge Royce C Lamberth of the District Court ... Read More
China’s clean energy industries drove more than 90% of the country’s investment growth last year, making the sectors bigger than all but seven of the world’s economies, a new analysis has shown. A report in The Guardian notes that for ... Read More
* Through the Black Coffee Foundation, Grammy award-winning global DJ Nkosinathi Maphumulo is helping families in the Eastern Cape after last year’s floods. In Mthatha, the foundation has started building permanent homes for families who lost everything when heavy rains tore ... Read More
* Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba has revealed that the province may require close to R10bn for comprehensive recovery following devastating floods that have left 439 roads unusable and claimed 27 lives since December 2025. The floods in the province rendered approximately ... Read More
* The formal submission by The Green Connection to the HRC’s National Investigative Hearing into SA’s food systems has highlighted the systemic inequality faced by small-scale fishers. ‘Food and the systems we put in place to produce it cannot be separated ... Read More
Passports for camelsSaudi Arabia has announced plans to issue passports to the kingdom’s millions of camels, to help better manage the country’s prized herds. The Ministry of the Environment, Water and Agriculture promised the initiative would enhance the ‘productivity and ... Read More
* Claims circulating on social media about hundreds of giant anacondas breeding in Cape Town’s Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve wetlands have been firmly dismissed as false, with city officials and reptile experts warning that the posts are spreading unnecessary panic. Since last ... Read More
