{"id":22885,"date":"2026-01-26T07:50:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T05:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/germany-affirms-support-for-sas-clean-energy-transition\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:33:47","slug":"germany-affirms-support-for-sas-clean-energy-transition","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/germany-affirms-support-for-sas-clean-energy-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany affirms support for SA\u2019s clean energy transition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Germany has confirmed its continued support for South Africa\u2019s (SA) shift towards clean energy, despite global political uncertainties.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rainer Baake, Germany\u2019s Special Envoy for the Just Energy Transition Partnership, spoke to the media in Pretoria, noting that Europe\u2019s largest economy has allocated nearly $3.75 billion to assist SA in expanding its renewable energy sector.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGermany remains fully committed to working with SA on the transition to cleaner energy, regardless of international political changes,\u201d Baake said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The partnership, which began in 2021, focuses on helping SA move towards a low-carbon energy system while supporting economic growth and sustainable development. Baake highlighted that international collaboration is key to achieving a cleaner energy future for the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22886,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,44],"class_list":["post-22885","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Germany has confirmed its continued support for South Africa\u2019s shift towards clean energy","published_date":"2026-01-26 09:49:47","news_description":"Germany has confirmed its continued support for South Africa\u2019s shift towards clean energy","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26033,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22885\/revisions\/26033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=22885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}