Boitumelo (Tumi) Malope

Boitumelo (Tumi) Malope graduated with a PhD (Sociology) from the University of Stellenbosch in April 2022, with a dissertation titled “Power struggles: An exploration of the contribution of renewable energy to sustainable development, decent work and the 'just transition' through a case study of wind farm development outside Loeriesfontein, Northern Cape Province (2011-2020).”

He has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship for 2022 to build on this work. The title of his current research project is “Renewable energy and alternative sustainable livelihoods in the Karoo.”