🌍 Coal’s slow decline in Mpumalanga is reshaping communities.
Our #PowerTracker investigation explores the impact.
Read the full article on our website 👉 oxpeckers.org
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At the Vaal University of Technology, a hydrogen training centre is preparing students for the future.
But the Hydrogen Valley it was built for hasn’t materialised - and the centre still needs more investment to scale.
What happens when skills outpace delivery?
#PowerTracker
bit.ly/4dGQkqv
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On paper: a R4.7-billion hydrogen project set to transform the Vaal.
On the ground: nothing.
No construction. No visibility. Little community awareness.
So what happened to the plans - and the money?
#PowerTracker
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Wind farms in SA are required to monitor bird fatalities but conservationists say reporting gaps, limited monitoring periods, and lack of transparency mean the true impact on vultures may be underestimated. Our latest #PowerTracker investigation looks at the true state of things ➡️ bit.ly/4cRhpak
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⚡ Investigation spotlight: Are prepaid meters creating energy poverty? #PowerTracker investigates.
Read the full article on our website 👉 oxpeckers.org
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In this #PowerTracker investigation, @Andee_Mat looks at how the push for renewable energy is impacting one of Southern Africa’s most important scavengers. Read more about it here ➡️ bit.ly/4cRhpak
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⚡ What’s wrong with prepaid meters?
In Merafong, households are connected to the grid - but can’t afford to switch the lights on.
Read our latest #PowerTracker investigation to find out why 👉
bit.ly/4aIrFQG
🤝 #NewEconomyHub @fordfoundation.org
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2/2 #PowerTracker has become more than an independent media outlet—it’s a trend indicator, an advocate for transparency, and an open-source data repository."
@fordfoundation.org on our work: bit.ly/4rApzIu
cc @fordfoundation.bsky.social
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🛢️ Namibia just confirmed 21 BILLION barrels of oil in the Orange Basin
The problem? After 30 years, there's still no law governing natural gas exploitation
Our latest #PowerTracker investigation by John Grobler reveals what's at stake ⬇️ bit.ly/4ai7zLG
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Good decisions start with usable data ⚡
Data scientist Dr Ridhwaan Suliman explains how our #PowerTracker tool brings together energy data from across sectors into one accessible resource - helping drive research and better decision-making
Track the power 👉 bit.ly/4aw6lLf
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The Lubhuku coal project has a licence — but key legal & environmental steps are missing. No public EIA; authorities say the process restarted. Residents cite poor consultation in a water-stressed area. Transparency isn’t optional.
bit.ly/4t6i4Kt
#PowerTracker
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Eswatini committed to cutting emissions under the Paris Agreement.
Two months later, it approved a 20-year coal power licence.
What happened? 🧵👇
#PowerTracker #CoalComeback
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Good journalism needs good data 📊
#PowerTracker journalist @marcia_breeze explains how Oxpeckers’ digital mapping tool gives reporters access to data they often can’t find anywhere else — helping make stories more compelling and credible 👉 bit.ly/4aw6lLf
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Who’s really investing in renewable energy in South Africa — and are communities benefiting? ⚡
@verashni.bsky.social (founder of explain.co.za) explains how our mapping tool, #PowerTracker, can help journalists track company investments and community responsibility.
👉 bit.ly/4aw6lLf
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Coal built Middelburg.
Now coal’s decline is breaking it.
A new #PowerTracker investigation tracks how job losses are hollowing out Mpumalanga’s coal belt ⬇️ bit.ly/49MjiC3
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“How do we know if the just energy transition is really happening on the ground?” ⚡
Dr Gilad Isaacs (Institute for Economic Justice) explains how our digital mapping tool, #PowerTracker, helps track where energy projects are happening, and how communities are affected.
👉 bit.ly/4aw6lLf
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Public land, corporate profit? Our #PowerTracker investigation exposes how renewable energy land deals are structured - and if communities are truly benefiting 👉 oxpeckers.org/2025/11/power-land-secrecy
#LandDeals #Greenwashing
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Boom in lithium exports from Southern Africa to Chinese markets!
Our multi-award-winning #PowerTracker investigation exposes the hidden routes and sources used by lithium smugglers ➡️ bit.ly/3R9rIdL
#CriticalMinerals #LithiumSmuggling
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HOLIDAY READ 📢
🇿🇦💎 SA holds the key to the green energy future with vast mineral deposits. But what do locals want? #PowerTracker journalist Andiswa Matikinca investigates the critical futures stakeholders envision ➡️ bit.ly/3ZiLqqW
#TransitionMinerals #SA #Mining
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Namibia's Green Hydrogen boom? Not quite. Our investigation found 14 GH2 projects moving slowly, plagued by bureaucracy. Are elections taking the shine off vital energy programmes?
➡️ bit.ly/4h2Nqvv
#GH2 #Namibia #PowerTracker
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ICYMI: Oxpeckers associates and #PowerTracker journalists Andiswa Matikinca and Tatenda Chitagu were awarded the 2025 International Anti-Corruption Excellent Award, in Innovation / Investigative Journalism, for their ground-breaking investigations on cross-border lithium smuggling
➡️ bit.ly/3R9rIdL
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💡 Who controls the land behind SA’s clean-energy boom - and who profits?
Over 9 months, the #PowerTracker team filed PAIA requests for renewable-energy land leases across the country. What we got back: partial info, refusals and silence.
Read all about our experience here ➡️ bit.ly/486l5ke
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Our new investigation, 'Deep threats of drilling the Orange Basin, is here. 🌊⛴️
Through #PowerTracker, we’ve unlocked oil-spill data that was previously out of public reach, revealing the real risks behind offshore drilling plans.
Download the data: oxpeckers.org/get-the-data
👀 @gijn.org
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Power. Land. Secrecy.
What nine months of PAIA requests told us about SA’s renewable energy transition 🧵
#PowerTracker set out to uncover the land lease deals behind renewable energy projects.
Who owns the land? Who benefits? Who gets left out?
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Power. Land. Secrecy.
What nine months of PAIA requests told us about SA’s renewable energy transition 🧵
#PowerTracker set out to uncover the land lease deals behind renewable energy projects.
Who owns the land? Who benefits? Who gets left out?
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We partnered with ReNew2030 and the African Climate Foundation's New Economy Hub to spotlight how #PowerTracker empowers journalists to track South Africa’s energy transition
🎥 Watch the video to see how it’s transforming climate reporting
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SA solar milestone 🌞
The Springbok Solar Project (195 MW) near Virginia, Free State, is online ahead of schedule!
💡 100% SA-owned & financed
🌍 Powers ~150 000 homes
🤝 13 buyers
👩🔧 26% women workforce
We’ve tracked it from day 1 via #PowerTracker: bit.ly/4aw6lLf
@gijn.org @mobilize-za.bsky.social
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ICYMI: In our latest #PowerTracker investigation, we spent 9 months mapping renewable energy projects involving land lease agreements across South Africa. Read the full investigation to learn how we used PAIA and what we found: bit.ly/48vSGpT
@gijn.org @mobilize-za.bsky.social
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A De Aar entrepreneur describes how local community members feel when big renewable energy companies take advantage of them and their land.
Read all about what he and others had to say in our latest #PowerTracker investigation: bit.ly/48vSGpT
#renewable #energy
@gijn.org @mobilize-za.bsky.social
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How is land allocated in renewable energy land deals? In our latest #PowerTracker investigation, we visited a municipality in Northern Cape to understand more about the process. Read the full investigation here: bit.ly/48vSGpT
@gijn.org @mobilize-za.bsky.social
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