As we discussed in our previous blog post, NECSA's nuclear waste disposal site in Vaalputs, Northern Cape, has been a contentious issue for local communities. Despite NECSA's efforts to engage with communities through the Public Safety Information Forum, many concerns remain unaddressed. In this blog post, we'll explore the lack of transparency and exclusionary practices [...]
Navigating Nuclear Realities and Building Community Strength in Kamiesberg Over the past few months, I have had the privilege of working with communities in the Kamiesberg region of the Northern Cape - a remote but deeply rooted landscape where people live close to the land, and even closer to the social and environmental challenges that [...]
When South Africa talks about nuclear energy, the spotlight is often focused on urban centers like Cape Town, where the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station sits near the ocean, producing electricity while most people don’t think about where its waste goes. But far from the public eye, the real burden of this technology is being offloaded [...]
YouLead Warriors take on Playing With Solar! On April 24th, 2021 our YouLead Warriors began the journey that is, Playing With Solar. Our Youth began taking power into their own hands, solar power to be exact! The project consisted of many workshops guided by the amazing Engineers Without Borders UCT (EWB) team and our [...]
TACKLING ENERGY POVERTY AND IMPROVING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THE WESTERN CAPE South Africa needs to invest time and resources to move towards a just energy transition (JET). In Project 90’s latest research report we investigated what a JET means for the Western Cape. The province has shown political will to shift to low carbon energy [...]
EGSA has appealed to SA Cabinet: standstill on climate crisis response Richard Worthington and Richard Halsey on behalf of the Energy Governance South Africa (EGSA) network - a group of Civil Society Organisations dedicated to promoting transparent, inclusive and accountable decision-making in the energy sector - have sent a letter to Cabinet Ministers. This letter [...]
Mismanagement, aging and problematic coal infrastructure along with a stalled renewable energy (RE) programme have fuelled regular power cuts since 2007. According to the new chief executive officer (CEO) Andre de Ruyter, Eskom has set itself a target of 18 months to end the outages and improve the maintenance programme. The Council for Scientific and [...]
JUST ENERGY TRANSITION: Community Ownership, Jobs and the Future of Renewable Energy Systems To gather input from a number of stakeholders on this topic, COSATU, NALEDI and Project 90 by 2030 with the support of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, hosted a discussion event in Johannesburg on 7th August 2018. The discussion topic was informed by presentations on [...]
The past few weeks will undoubtedly go down as some of the most incredible and memorable weeks in the history of the Project 90 Leadership Clubs. It saw eight Project 90 Leadership Clubs in the Western Cape embark on a Low-Carbon project collectively (aptly named the Playing with Solar project) to build a solar mobile [...]
The public consultation phase on the IRP2 process (which will decide South Africa's energy future) closes on Friday. We are mobilising as many people as possible to support a renewable energy future by making your own submission. We've made it as easy as possible, all you need to do is read through our submission and, if you agree with it, add your own contact details and send it through. Feel free to add or change anything or, if you're feeling up to it, draft your own submission. This is your chance to make a difference!
