EPISODE · Apr 23, 2026 · 36 MIN
Another multibillion-rand Chinese energy project red-flagged
from The Lead · host News24
A global Chinese construction giant and its staff overseeing a gargantuan wind and solar farm in the Karoo are facing mounting allegations of not only breaches of health and safety regulations, but also environmental violations, and even sexual harassment. Specialist climate journalist, Ethan van Diemen, has spent many months investigating the tsunami of claims swirling around Sinohydro's Oya Hybrid Energy Project outside Sutherland in the Northern Cape. This is not a conversation to miss. First, though, let host broadcast journalist, Graeme Raubenheimer, bring you the breaking news that president Cyril Ramaphosa has put the police's chief financial officer, Puleng Dimpane, in charge of our men and women in blue as acting national commissioner. Later, in our regular segment, On This Day in SA History, the late former AWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche, was sentenced to prison for trying to kill a black worker. Comment below and send our host, broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer, a voice note: 072 562 3179. To advertise: [email protected]. Full editions drop on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 19:00 on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube. The show is fully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer and quality-checked by News24's editors.
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A global Chinese construction giant and its staff overseeing a gargantuan wind and solar farm in the Karoo are facing mounting allegations of not only breaches of health and safety regulations, but also environmental violations, and even sexual harassment. Specialist climate journalist, Ethan van Diemen, has spent many months investigating the tsunami of claims swirling around Sinohydro's Oya Hybrid Energy Project outside Sutherland in the Northern Cape. This is not a conversation to miss. First, though, let host broadcast journalist, Graeme Raubenheimer, bring you the breaking news that president Cyril Ramaphosa has put the police's chief financial officer, Puleng Dimpane, in charge of our men and women in blue as acting national commissioner. Later, in our regular segment, On This Day in SA History, the late former AWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche, was sentenced to prison for trying to kill a black worker. Comment below and send our host, broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer, a voice note: 072 562 3179. To advertise: [email protected]. Full editions drop on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 19:00 on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube. The show is fully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer and quality-checked by News24's editors.
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