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Renewable Energy Development Zones
South African Wind Energy Association Renewable Energy Development Zones (REDZ) have a key role to play in South Africa’s Just Energy Transition, creating priority areas for investment in the electricity grid and increasing South Africa’s green energy map, by enabling higher levels of renewable power penetration. Find out more: https://bit.ly/36OUF7N
Forestry stakeholders, employees, alarmed at demise of local economy as humanitarian disaster lingers
Around 150 employees at the Boskor Sawmill in Tsitsikamma despair at the prospect of losing their jobs as MTO Forestry trucks logs to George, 150km away. MTO Forestry is partly owned by the Global Environment Fund, a US-based investment fund and its products are certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC). The sawmill and the
Imvelisi Enviropreneurs Programme sets young entrepreneurs up for success in SA’s green economy
In 2020 the South African government published its Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan. The plan recognises green economy interventions as a critical factor in not only addressing the country’s persistent challenges of inequality, poverty and unemployment but also in offering a sustainable solution to driving economic competitiveness. Imvelisi, an impactful ideation and early-stage business development
