As the world grapples with the emergence of the new highly transmissible variant of COVID-19, worried scientists in South Africa — where omicron was first identified — are scrambling to Continue Reading
South Africa’s recovery from its deepest economic contraction in almost three decades risks being derailed by the identification of a new coronavirus variant that prompted several European nations to ban Continue Reading
The identification of a fresh Covid-19 strain in South Africa could not have come at a worse time for the rand. Already reeling from concerns about Federal Reserve policy and Continue Reading
India’s Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL) (JNSP.NS) will start building a coal mine in Botswana’s southeastern Mmamabula coalfields in 2022, aiming to supply the export market and a planned Continue Reading
The gleaming new chimneys and hulking generators of what will soon be the second-largest coal-fired power plant in the Southern Hemisphere are at the center of South Africa’s $20 billion, Continue Reading
Coal-fired power generation should continue to be part of South Africa’s energy mix, its Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said on Tuesday, noting that he would go to court if necessary Continue Reading
Work is due to begin on Botswana’s second privately-owned coal mine in the first quarter of next year, the CEO of Maatla Resources told Reuters, despite calls to abandon coal. Continue Reading
With the approach of the COP26 climate summit, South Africa is negotiating with a handful of wealthy nations about how to overhaul its ailing electricity sector in what could become Continue Reading
South African banks say they have to keep funding at least some coal projects for now because an immediate halt would put huge political and economic strains on a nation Continue Reading
Four of the world’s richest nations will send a delegation to South Africa as soon as next week to seek a deal to begin closing the country’s coal-fired plants, according Continue Reading
