‘It’s our sun’: Rural South Africans seek greater gains from clean energy
KIM HARRISBERG THE grassy greens and browns of South Africa's semi-desert Karoo region are fast becoming dotted with flashes of silver and white, as solar and wind farms spring up across the vast, sun-soaked land in Northern Cape province. But nearby communities - where unemployment and drug-use are a persistent problem - say that even as profits trickle into their towns, more can be done to distribute fairly the benefits from the renewable energy they believe belongs to them. "There was excitement when we saw the (solar) panels being built," said Rose Bailey, a social worker in De Aar, a…
