The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) has registered 124 renewable energy generation facilities during the first quarter of the 2026/27 financial year. The solar and wind facilities have a combined 804 MW of total capacity with an...
The City of Johannesburg has settled its outstanding R5.25 billion electricity debt to Eskom. The Department of Electricity and Energy and the City of Johannesburg announced on Friday that Eskom had received the final payment, settling accumulated...
South Africa is stepping up the pace of infrastructure delivery, with 81 Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) comprising 263 individual projects, with an estimated combined value of R1.9888 trillion. The scale of the pipeline, coupled with projects...
Wastewater contains untapped resources that, if reclaimed, could power agriculture, global sanitation, and its own treatment to help meet United Nations’s Sustainable Development Goals, according to a review published in Frontiers in Science in...
Practical completion of the Mabunyaneng and Khubelu bridges on 31 July 2026 marks an important milestone in the development of resilient transport infrastructure in Lesotho’s mountainous Mokhotlong district. Constructed by the Concor–Nthane...
South Africa’s Constitutional Court – the country’s highest court – handed down a landmark judgment for climate change and environmental justice in mid-August 2026. The companies had planned to use seismic surveys in the waters off the country’s...
As communities in South Africa and around the world face increasingly severe weather events, and local households grapple with unaffordable electricity prices, following another major tariff increase, The Green Connection is urging Parliament to...
The clock is ticking for South Africa’s major mobile network operators to fulfil their legal obligation of zero-rating information and services that carry social value. Companies like MTN, Vodacom and Cell C have been given until 15 January...
Over the past decade, South African business leaders learned a hard lesson about power: relying on a single, centralised grid is a massive gamble. To keep doors open and maintain productivity, businesses took control into their own hands, with...
Bontebok Landfill in the Swellendam municipality has undergone an impressive compliance turnaround. What was once a declining landfill that scored low compliance scores and had airspace concerns is now a compliant and environmentally responsible...
