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“A mockery of equity”: Experts warn of EV infrastructure apartheid in SA
Without decisive policies, the uneven benefits of electric vehicles may make the world’s most unequal country even more unequal. Although the adoption of electrical ... -
The G7 is right to put food at the heart of climate plans. But how matters
Policymaking that sidelines farmers in countries like Madagascar, where I am Agriculture Minister, can be as harmful as the climate crisis itself. This dry ... -
In search of a polling station without a long, winding queue in mid-afternoon Jozi
In Soweto, they voted early; by mid-afternoon, most polling stations were deserted. Not so elsewhere in southern Johannesburg where middle-class, middle-aged voters bet on ... -
‘2024 is our 1994!’: A South African election travelogue
Almost two-thirds of the current electorate could not have voted in the first all-race elections in 1994. After the apathy of the past 15 ... -
What are the South Africans doing in eastern DRC?
Unlike the SADC contingent that defeated the M23 back in 2013, the SAMIDRC force’s tentative approach to the spreading conflict is raising questions about ... -
South Africa 2024: What are parties promising on energy and climate?
Some parties’ manifestos fall shorter than others. Some fall so far short they would arguably take us backwards. When voters in South Africa go ... -
Mozambique: Nyusi’s dilemma delivers an unexpected successor
Haunted by a corruption scandal, President Filipe Nyusi’s search for an acceptable successor produces some unintended consequences. Mozambique’s ruling party, Frelimo, has elected Daniel ... -
South Africa’s energy crisis is driving a “solar boom”, but there’s a downside
The privately-led quintupling of rooftop solar in 2 years takes some pressure off the grid but, without planning, risks deepening energy apartheid. At the ... -
When is a policy not a policy? The curious case of the hollow JET-P
If Just Energy Transition Partnerships don’t serve the interests of developing countries or the West, whose purposes do they serve? If something looks like ... -
Malawi farmers urged to diversify from national staple as yields drop
While maize harvests plummeted after Cyclone Freddy and El Niño, and look set to stay low, other crops have shown more resilience. Farmers in ...
