The shareholding by community trusts in publicly procured renewable power plants should be strategically leveraged to encourage meaningful participation by communities in the transition, as part of the path towards justice, write Yumnaa Firfirey, Holle Wlokas, Masechaba Mabilu and Avela Pamla.
In the past three decades, community trusts in South Africa have been established to facilitate more inclusive development in sectors such as mining, tourism, conservation, land reform, and renewable energy.