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Renewable Energy · Eastern Cape#PowerTracker visits a solar project owned by a township cooperative that serves as a model for energy democracy in action Investigation: Lindiwe Pakati & Thabo Molelekwa. Photos & videos: Ihsaan Haffejee Saving supplies: Patrick Bam, an executive member the of SalTuba Cooperative, said that being able to generate their own electricity has helped the community to avoid food loss and damages to appliances. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee Upskilling youth:…Read Article
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Climate Change · Northern CapeA landmark 2003 ruling by the ConCourt in favour of the Richtersveld community has made the still-impoverished Nama people the gate-keepers of the government’s ambitious plans to turn the Northern Cape into an energy and mining hub. Investigation and photos by John Grobler Boegoeberg, located about 10km south of Alexander Bay and site of the Richtersveld community’s ancestral graveyard. It is also the site for a planned industrial mega-park and …See the Story
The Boegoeberg Blues: A Small Nama Tribe Holds the Key to the Orange Oil Basin’s Future
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