FREE RESOURCE | The Truth About Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and the #JustTransition

by Earthlife | 20 March, 2025 | Publications

As South Africa grapples with an ongoing energy crisis, Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are being promoted by Eskom, the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA), and others as a possible solution. But do they truly fit within the Just Energy Transition? This...

OPINION | Electricity Is Back, But Who Can Afford It? The Unseen Crisis Of South Africa’s Energy Landscape

by Earthlife | 8 December, 2024 | News, Press Releases, Publications

Community organisations presenting as to why NERSA should say No to Eskom’s MYPD6 tariff increase of 36% in Lephalale  at the Limpopo public hearings 23 October 2024: As the government pats itself on the back for providing South Africans with over 200 days with...

NEWS | “Enough Is Enough!” Soweto Residents & Earthlife Africa Say “No!” to Eskom’s 36% Tariff Hike

by Earthlife | 8 December, 2024 | News, Press Releases, Publications

3 December 2024: Today, Earthlife Africa Johannesburg joined grassroots communities in Gauteng to stage a peaceful demonstration during Nersa’s hearings, opposing Eskom’s proposed 36% electricity tariff increase. “This tariff hike is a direct attack on poor and...

NEWS | Empowering Women to Lead the Just Transition: Earthlife Africa’s Annual Women Seminars

by Earthlife | 28 October, 2024 | Events, News, Publications

August 2024: For Earthlife Africa Johannesburg, its widely anticipated annual Women Seminars are at the heart of Women’s Month. These events have become an inspiring and transformative staple each year, with nearly 400 women attending in four locations in Limpopo,...

From Russia to Kenya and South Africa: Global Activists Unite for A Sustainable, Nuclear-Free Future

by Earthlife | 1 August, 2024 | News, Press Releases, Publications

The Just Energy Transition Conference banner showing the logos of EcoDefense Russia, Earthlife Africa and SAFCEI that hosted us alongside other NGO’s from the African continent and around the world. In solidarity with the anti-nuclear power movement in Kenya...