Cosmopolitan Karoo: Where hopes for a sustainable future meet the reality of inequality and poverty

The green frontier and the enduring fault line

Renewable energy and the limits of South Africa’s developmental state

Rethinking financialisation and state–capital relations in South Africa’s green hydrogen transition

Understanding Namaqualand as a potential green sacrifice zone

Q and A with Ari Sitas

and the unspoken costs of renewable energy in rural South Africa

1 September to 30 November 2025

Interdisciplinary perspectives on change and continuity in South Africa’s drylands