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New Agenda Issue 99

Cosmopolitan Karoo: Where hopes for a sustainable future meet the reality of inequality and poverty

Table of contents

Guest Editorial: Karoo crossroads – The green frontier and the enduring fault line

Borchardt, S. P.

Environmental entrepreneurialism and the limits and possibilities of socio-economic transformation in the Karoo

Beinart, W., & Robins, S.

Dust in the wind: Renewable energy and the limits of South Africa’s developmental state

Borchardt, S. P.

Beyond the “decarbonised minerals–energy complex”: Rethinking financialisation and state–capital relations in South Africa’s green hydrogen transition

Smith, R.

From bloom to bust: Understanding Namaqualand as a potential green sacrifice zone

Maree, S.

Youth development, vulnerability and the unspoken costs of renewable energy in rural South Africa

Rickerts, C.

Silence as a Room #1 of #5 : Q and A with Ari Sitas

Bijoux, C. A.

Karoo Diary: 1 September to 30 November 2025

New Agenda editorial collective

Book Review: Contested Karoo: Interdisciplinary perspectives on change and continuity in South Africa’s drylands

Mokwena, L.

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