Getting electricity to an informal settlement is one challenge. Keeping it running is another.
Two of City Power’s five microgrid projects are currently operational, providing an early picture of how the systems are performing.
Read our latest #PowerTracker investigation: bit.ly/4Atbbqu
Two of City Power’s five microgrid projects are currently operational, providing an early picture of how the systems are performing.
Read our latest #PowerTracker investigation: bit.ly/4Atbbqu
September 25, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Getting electricity to an informal settlement is one challenge. Keeping it running is another.
Two of City Power’s five microgrid projects are currently operational, providing an early picture of how the systems are performing.
Read our latest #PowerTracker investigation: bit.ly/4Atbbqu
Two of City Power’s five microgrid projects are currently operational, providing an early picture of how the systems are performing.
Read our latest #PowerTracker investigation: bit.ly/4Atbbqu
Read: "Research lead Professor Janet Cherry said that a truly just energy transition means ‘restructing the economy to be owned and controlled by ordinary people’."
Story by @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social
Read the full investigation here: tinyurl.com/5a6n99wz
Story by @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social
Read the full investigation here: tinyurl.com/5a6n99wz
People who own the sun - Oxpeckers
#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 Haff...
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October 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Read: "Research lead Professor Janet Cherry said that a truly just energy transition means ‘restructing the economy to be owned and controlled by ordinary people’."
Story by @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social
Read the full investigation here: tinyurl.com/5a6n99wz
Story by @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social
Read the full investigation here: tinyurl.com/5a6n99wz
These are just a handful of the people using support from a local community trust to help others. You can read more about their work and how these trusts work in our latest #PowerTracker investigation ➡️ bit.ly/4iA2Rvn
March 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
These are just a handful of the people using support from a local community trust to help others. You can read more about their work and how these trusts work in our latest #PowerTracker investigation ➡️ bit.ly/4iA2Rvn
Der snobistische IBM-Powertracker ignoriert die @chipandcharge.bsky.social -Finaltipps:
July 13, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Der snobistische IBM-Powertracker ignoriert die @chipandcharge.bsky.social -Finaltipps:
🎉 Another win for Oxpeckers!
Journalist Andiswa Matikinca has earned first runner-up in the Business and the Environment category at the 51st @sanlam-group.bsky.social Awards Financial Journalist of the Year for her powerful lithium series on #PowerTracker.
Congratulations, Andiswa! 👏🌍
Journalist Andiswa Matikinca has earned first runner-up in the Business and the Environment category at the 51st @sanlam-group.bsky.social Awards Financial Journalist of the Year for her powerful lithium series on #PowerTracker.
Congratulations, Andiswa! 👏🌍
July 27, 2026 at 7:02 AM
🎉 Another win for Oxpeckers!
Journalist Andiswa Matikinca has earned first runner-up in the Business and the Environment category at the 51st @sanlam-group.bsky.social Awards Financial Journalist of the Year for her powerful lithium series on #PowerTracker.
Congratulations, Andiswa! 👏🌍
Journalist Andiswa Matikinca has earned first runner-up in the Business and the Environment category at the 51st @sanlam-group.bsky.social Awards Financial Journalist of the Year for her powerful lithium series on #PowerTracker.
Congratulations, Andiswa! 👏🌍
#PowerTracker: Comms and marketing officer Lumka Mohapi of Letsatsi Solar Park Trust uses our digital mapping tool to measure and track the #impact of renewable energy projects on surrounding communities. Watch what she had to say here ⬇️
#RenewableEnergy #JournalismMatters
#RenewableEnergy #JournalismMatters
April 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
#PowerTracker: Comms and marketing officer Lumka Mohapi of Letsatsi Solar Park Trust uses our digital mapping tool to measure and track the #impact of renewable energy projects on surrounding communities. Watch what she had to say here ⬇️
#RenewableEnergy #JournalismMatters
#RenewableEnergy #JournalismMatters
#TBT: SA's coal exit is stalling. Who is shaping the energy transition, and at what cost?
#PowerTracker: bit.ly/4mUh21J
#PowerTracker: bit.ly/4mUh21J
July 3, 2026 at 6:30 AM
#TBT: SA's coal exit is stalling. Who is shaping the energy transition, and at what cost?
#PowerTracker: bit.ly/4mUh21J
#PowerTracker: bit.ly/4mUh21J
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
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
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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
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
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
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
October 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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
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
🎥 #PowerTracker: Ahinasa Development Agency's Mareka Mokwatlo describes #PowerTracker as a tool that helps climate change advocates and policymakers, by showing the spread of renewable energy across South Africa. Watch what she had to say 👆 and visit our mapping tool ➡️ bit.ly/4aw6lLf
August 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🎥 #PowerTracker: Ahinasa Development Agency's Mareka Mokwatlo describes #PowerTracker as a tool that helps climate change advocates and policymakers, by showing the spread of renewable energy across South Africa. Watch what she had to say 👆 and visit our mapping tool ➡️ bit.ly/4aw6lLf
‘Plan with us, for us’ - Andiswa Matikinca investigates the future that stakeholders want to see for SA's proposed Critical Minerals Strategy. See our new #PowerTracker investigation ➡️ bit.ly/3ZiLqqW
Critical futures: What SA wants from its transition minerals - Oxpeckers
With vast deposits of minerals that make South Africa a key player in the green energy transition, Andiswa Matikinca investigates the future that stakeholders want to see In the lush village of Umzumb...
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December 2, 2024 at 6:55 AM
‘Plan with us, for us’ - Andiswa Matikinca investigates the future that stakeholders want to see for SA's proposed Critical Minerals Strategy. See our new #PowerTracker investigation ➡️ bit.ly/3ZiLqqW
⚡ Want to know what’s powering South Africa?
From solar and wind to coal, #PowerTracker puts the energy transition on the map.
Explore projects, track developments and dig into the data behind South Africa’s
👉 Try #PowerTracker: oxpeckers.org/powertracker
From solar and wind to coal, #PowerTracker puts the energy transition on the map.
Explore projects, track developments and dig into the data behind South Africa’s
👉 Try #PowerTracker: oxpeckers.org/powertracker
September 16, 2026 at 6:30 AM
⚡ Want to know what’s powering South Africa?
From solar and wind to coal, #PowerTracker puts the energy transition on the map.
Explore projects, track developments and dig into the data behind South Africa’s
👉 Try #PowerTracker: oxpeckers.org/powertracker
From solar and wind to coal, #PowerTracker puts the energy transition on the map.
Explore projects, track developments and dig into the data behind South Africa’s
👉 Try #PowerTracker: oxpeckers.org/powertracker
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
Our multi-award-winning #PowerTracker investigation exposes the hidden routes and sources used by lithium smugglers ➡️ bit.ly/3R9rIdL
#CriticalMinerals #LithiumSmuggling
On the trail of lithium smugglers in Southern Africa - Oxpeckers
International intelligence data shows a recent boom in lithium exports from Southern Africa to Chinese markets. Where’s it coming from, and how does it get there? Andiswa Matikinca and Tatenda…
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December 30, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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
Our multi-award-winning #PowerTracker investigation exposes the hidden routes and sources used by lithium smugglers ➡️ bit.ly/3R9rIdL
#CriticalMinerals #LithiumSmuggling
Nearly one million people depend on Mount Mulanje.
Now a proposed bauxite mine is facing fierce opposition from local communities and traditional leaders.
Why? Read our latest investigation.
🔗 bit.ly/4vWmmF8
#PowerTracker
Now a proposed bauxite mine is facing fierce opposition from local communities and traditional leaders.
Why? Read our latest investigation.
🔗 bit.ly/4vWmmF8
#PowerTracker
June 19, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Nearly one million people depend on Mount Mulanje.
Now a proposed bauxite mine is facing fierce opposition from local communities and traditional leaders.
Why? Read our latest investigation.
🔗 bit.ly/4vWmmF8
#PowerTracker
Now a proposed bauxite mine is facing fierce opposition from local communities and traditional leaders.
Why? Read our latest investigation.
🔗 bit.ly/4vWmmF8
#PowerTracker
PEOPLE WHO OWN THE SUN: #PowerTracker visits a homegrown cooperative to find out how they built energy democracy: 36 households now own, operate & profit from their own solar project. Read the new investigation here ➡️ bit.ly/4odp4Tt
@gijn.org @pulitzercenter.bsky.social @mobilize-za.bsky.social
@gijn.org @pulitzercenter.bsky.social @mobilize-za.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 7:53 AM
PEOPLE WHO OWN THE SUN: #PowerTracker visits a homegrown cooperative to find out how they built energy democracy: 36 households now own, operate & profit from their own solar project. Read the new investigation here ➡️ bit.ly/4odp4Tt
@gijn.org @pulitzercenter.bsky.social @mobilize-za.bsky.social
@gijn.org @pulitzercenter.bsky.social @mobilize-za.bsky.social
🎥 #PowerTracker: Local data journalist and media development consultant Adam Oxford calls our digital mapping tool "vital" for accountability when tracking South Africa's energy transition. Watch to what he had to say here ⬇️
April 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🎥 #PowerTracker: Local data journalist and media development consultant Adam Oxford calls our digital mapping tool "vital" for accountability when tracking South Africa's energy transition. Watch to what he had to say here ⬇️
Power of resilience: In our latest #PowerTracker investigation, we visisted Nomzamo informal settlement, where the community no longer relies on Eskom for its energy needs. Learn all about the project ➡️ bit.ly/3V14s3E
@mobilize-za.bsky.social @gijn.org @earthjournalism.bsky.social
@mobilize-za.bsky.social @gijn.org @earthjournalism.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Power of resilience: In our latest #PowerTracker investigation, we visisted Nomzamo informal settlement, where the community no longer relies on Eskom for its energy needs. Learn all about the project ➡️ bit.ly/3V14s3E
@mobilize-za.bsky.social @gijn.org @earthjournalism.bsky.social
@mobilize-za.bsky.social @gijn.org @earthjournalism.bsky.social
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
#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
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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
#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
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
@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
January 22, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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
@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
On the last day of the 2nd annual Critical Minerals Summit in Johannesburg, find out what stakeholders in the sector had to say about the long-awaited SA strategy in this #PowerTracker investigation ➡ bit.ly/3ZiLqqW
#ACMSummit2024
#ACMSummit2024
December 3, 2024 at 6:26 AM
On the last day of the 2nd annual Critical Minerals Summit in Johannesburg, find out what stakeholders in the sector had to say about the long-awaited SA strategy in this #PowerTracker investigation ➡ bit.ly/3ZiLqqW
#ACMSummit2024
#ACMSummit2024
Beyond power: Selemela Solar Park brings real community benefits. >800 temporary jobs, skills training, support for local contractors, & farmers earning >R1m/yr each from land leases! Find out more in our latest #PowerTracker investigation ➡️ bit.ly/4mqSwVh
#CommunityImpact #JobCreation
#CommunityImpact #JobCreation
May 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Beyond power: Selemela Solar Park brings real community benefits. >800 temporary jobs, skills training, support for local contractors, & farmers earning >R1m/yr each from land leases! Find out more in our latest #PowerTracker investigation ➡️ bit.ly/4mqSwVh
#CommunityImpact #JobCreation
#CommunityImpact #JobCreation
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
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
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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
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
Last week our team was up in the Eastern Cape speaking with land owners, communities and officials. What do you think our next investigation will uncover? It will be featured on our #PowerTracker page here: bit.ly/3SUmfYK
#RenewableEnergy #GreenEnergy #JournalismMatters
@gijn.org
#RenewableEnergy #GreenEnergy #JournalismMatters
@gijn.org
March 25, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Last week our team was up in the Eastern Cape speaking with land owners, communities and officials. What do you think our next investigation will uncover? It will be featured on our #PowerTracker page here: bit.ly/3SUmfYK
#RenewableEnergy #GreenEnergy #JournalismMatters
@gijn.org
#RenewableEnergy #GreenEnergy #JournalismMatters
@gijn.org
🎥 Katlego Malesa, of Sekhukhune Combined Mining Affected Communities, highlights the importance of using #PowerTracker to track socially owned renewable energy. Watch what she had to say 👀 and visit our mapping tool 📍🗺️ bit.ly/4aw6lLf
@gijn.org @mobilize-za.bsky.social
@gijn.org @mobilize-za.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
🎥 Katlego Malesa, of Sekhukhune Combined Mining Affected Communities, highlights the importance of using #PowerTracker to track socially owned renewable energy. Watch what she had to say 👀 and visit our mapping tool 📍🗺️ bit.ly/4aw6lLf
@gijn.org @mobilize-za.bsky.social
@gijn.org @mobilize-za.bsky.social
While Northern Cape communities look forward to the opportunities of critical minerals, residents of the KwaZulu-Natal south coast say a lithium mine in their neighbourhood has become a nightmare. Find out why in this #PowerTracker investigation bit.ly/3ZiLqqW
December 6, 2024 at 6:51 AM
While Northern Cape communities look forward to the opportunities of critical minerals, residents of the KwaZulu-Natal south coast say a lithium mine in their neighbourhood has become a nightmare. Find out why in this #PowerTracker investigation bit.ly/3ZiLqqW