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IMPROVING EARLY LEARNING IN EMTHANJENI COMMUNITIES
August 2021, De Aar Solar Power. Working to address one of the Northern Cape Province’s biggest challenges to education outcomes, De Aar Solar Power began implementing a comprehensive and far-reaching Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme in 2014, designed to bridge the gaps in the rural communities of Philipstown, Britstown, Hanover and De Aar. Taking a
INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME GIVES IVY XEKWA A VISION FOR HER FUTURE
Since its launch six years ago, 74 young students have passed through Globeleq South Africa’s internship programme. This initiative not only provides much-needed work opportunities in the renewables market but helps to build confidence and helps our country’s talented young people build a career. The programme is designed to grow capacity for a nascent renewable
STUDYING WITH A LOVE FOR AGRICULTURE
August 2021, Soutpan Solar Power. Keneilwe Seane (25) from Dilaeneng in Bochum, Limpopo, has an udeniable passion for agriculture, and now has a chance to fulfil her dream, by persuing a degree with a focus on Agriculture and Agricultural Management Practices. This mother of one, is currently in her first year of studying towards a
GLOBELQ AND ABSA REFINANCE SOUTH AFRICAN RENEWABLE PLANTS
LONDON/CAPE TOWN: AUGUST 2021. Globeleq, the leading independent power company in Africa, and Absa Bank, a leading financier in the renewable energy programme in South Africa, have completed the senior debt refinancing of three of Globeleq’s renewable power plants. The purpose of the refinancing is to enhance the projects’ capital structures, allowing for the release
RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPING SKILLS PIPELINE
August 2021. Globeleq South Africa’s internship programme, which launched six years ago, has already provided career opportunities to seventy-four young students who have passed through the programme. With the aim of developing young technical staff for a nascent renewable energy industry, over R18million has been spent to-date, and a successful pipeline of qualified talent has
MANDELA DAY SUPPORT BENEFITS COMMUNITY ECD SCHOOL
July 2021, Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm. Mummy’s Day Care Centre, in the heart of the Ocean View community, has felt the love and support from this year’s Nelson Mandela International Day, which is themed ‘One Hand Can Feed Another’. This Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centre, which cares for over 60 young children from this community,
BROTHERS BENEFIT FROM COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDED BY WIND FARM
July 2021, Klipheuwel Wind Farm. Kethian Douwire (20) from Caledon, in the Western Cape, is one of 13 students currently studying with the help of the Globeleq Communities Scholarship Fund, awarded by the local Kliphuewel Wind Farm. In fact, he is following in his older brother’s footsteps, as the second member of his family to
WIND FARM DONATES ESSENTIAL HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT
July 2021, Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm. Much-needed medical equipment has been funded and is due to be handed over to the Dora Nginza Regional Hospital in Port Elizabeth, in response to a request by the Eastern Cape Provincial Department of Health, to help the hospital manage amidst the current pandemic and beyond. Funded by Jeffreys
LITERACY SUPPORT TO IMPROVE SKILLS AND INSPIRE LEARNERS
July 2021, De Aar Solar Power. St Johns Primary, in the small town of De Aar, is one of ten schools in the Pixley ka Seme Municipal District that has an active literacy and numeracy support programme. This ongoing intervention, puts trained coaches in Grade 4 classrooms to assist learners and support teachers, which has
SCHOLARSHIP FUND EXPANDS TO INCLUDE BOSHOF, FREE STATE
July 2021, Boshof Solar Power. For the first time, since the launch of the Globeleq Scholarship Fund (GSF) six years ago, youth located within the communities surrounding Boshof Solar Power have received bursaries. With the growing footprint of the GSF, fourteen students living within the 50km radius of Boshof Solar Power, put forward their applications
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