LifeGate: Giant coal mine in South Africa leaves trail of evictions and death

Giant coal mine in South Africa leaves trail of evictions and death - LifeGate

Communities in Kwa-Zulu Natal have been at loggerheads with Tendele Coal Mine over land destruction, water pollution and the killing of activists.

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Daily Maverick: KZN rural residents beg high court to save their homes and livelihoods and rein in rampant Tendele coal mining

COAL VS COMMUNITIES: KZN rural residents beg high court to save their homes and livelihoods and rein in rampant Tendele coal mining

‘Tendele acts as if it can do anything it wants in our community … It is as if our lives do not matter. We are merely dots on a map to be told, and not asked.’ — Israel Nkosi, resident of the Emalahleni area in rural KwaZulu-Natal.

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Daily Maverick: Hluhuluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve threatened by ‘get-rich-quick’ coal prospecting rights

‘BLACK GOLD’ RUSH: Hluhuluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve threatened by ‘get-rich-quick’ coal prospecting rights

Coal hunters have encircled Africa’s oldest game reserve to extract the rich ‘black gold’ deposits that fuel the furnaces of industry and the global climate crisis. The latest prospectors include former Banyana Banyana physician Dr Rodney Mokoka and his wife Whitney, along with Benedict ‘Benny’ Buth…