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This case study details how CPV Power Plant No.1 (RF) (Pty) Ltd installed 20kW solar PV systems at Touwsrivier and Steenvliet Primary Schools under the REIPPPP framework. The project aims to reduce school electricity costs by R5,000 monthly per school and offset under 700 tons of CO2, while highlighting the importance of socio-economic development in upcoming REIPPPP procurement rounds.

This case study examines the role of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) in financing and overseeing Local Community Trusts (LCTs) within South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). It analyzes the structural and governance challenges that often lead to the failure of LCTs, contrasts these with successful examples like the Sibona, Letsatsi, and Amandla trusts, and provides a comprehensive set of best practices and recommendations for development finance institutions (DFIs) and other stakeholders to ensure equitable benefit-sharing in the energy transition.

This document is an answering affidavit filed by Uthaka Energy (Pty) Ltd (the Second Respondent) in the High Court of South Africa, Mpumalanga Division. The affidavit opposes a review application brought by several environmental organizations (the Applicants) who seek to overturn a decision by the MEC for Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs of Mpumalanga to exclude four properties from the Mabola Protected Environment Area to allow for underground coal mining.