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• Communities have fun choosing Solar Plant’s Name

  In an exciting community activation campaign, hundreds of people from the local Sol Plaatje municipality communities were invited to participate in a name change campaign, which called for a unique name for one of the Northern Cape’s largest and newest solar plants. Matla A Bokone, meaning ‘Power of the... Read more
• OPERATIONS UNDERWAY FOR 100% SOUTH AFRICAN OWNED MATLA A BOKONE SOLAR

  Matla A Bokone Solar, situated in the Sol Plaatje Municipality, near Kimberley in the Northern Cape, commenced its Commercial Operations earlier this year, having reached full grid code compliance on 20 February 2020. Matla A Bokone Solar is owned by Old Mutual IDEAS Managed Fund, African Rainbow Energy and... Read more
• COVID HUMANITARIAN RELIEF

  Matla A Bokone responded to a COVID-19 humanitarian request from the Droogfontein CPA. The solar facility supplied 150 food relief hampers and 120 material masks for CPA beneficiaries and the Riverton soup kitchen, during May 2020. The Droogfontein CPA community consists of approximately 104 families. This neighbouring community is... Read more
• EXTRA-ORDINARY CSI SUPPORT

  Both Socio Economic Development and Enterprise Development programmes were implemented to benefit local communities during the construction period of Matla A Bokone. Although economic development funding officially commences once the solar plant begins it’s 20-year operations period, Matla A Bokone chose to implement early beneficiary programmes to begin community... Read more
• UPSKILLING LOCAL SMME’S

  During Matla A Bokone’s construction phase, the solar farm invested a portion of its Enterprise Development Programme funding towards supporting local SMME’s. The mentoring and coaching programme also included a quantity surveying service to these small local businesses, aiming to help bring about business behavioural changes through training and... Read more