Daily Maverick: Tendele Coal Mining sends in the bulldozers in rural KZN before crucial high court interdict ruling

COAL VS COMMUNITIES: Tendele Coal Mining sends in the bulldozers in rural KZN before crucial high court interdict ruling

Residents allege Tendele is acting unlawfully and appears to be breaching the spirit of previous undertakings to hold off on any ‘mining or related activities’ until a court case has been resolved.

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Daily Maverick: ‘Wild horse’ coal company, Tendele, only has itself to blame for liquidation fears, say residents

PIT BATTLE: ‘Wild horse’ coal company, Tendele, only has itself to blame for liquidation fears, say residents

The Tendele coal mining company has been the author of its own misfortune and potential demise after failing to comply with the legal requirements for relocating nearly 200 families while opening new coal mines in KwaZulu-Natal.

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Daily Maverick: Tendele coal company denies ‘bullyboy’ claims, says it is on verge of liquidation because of court action

PITS BATTLE: Tendele coal company denies ‘bullyboy’ claims, says it is on verge of liquidation because of court action

Arguing that it may be forced to close down, Tendele Coal Mining has denied that traditional leaders were intimidating the local community in an effort to bulldoze an easy mining path for the company.

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Daily Maverick: Why has Limpopo dumped its biodiversity protection plan into a dark hole?

BURIED PLANS: Why has Limpopo dumped its biodiversity protection plan into a dark hole?

Is it because the Vhembe bioregional plan has been squashed – or held up deliberately – to smooth the passage of the controversial Chinese-led plan to develop a massive new steel plant and special economic zone in the heart of Vhembe district?

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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…

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Mail & Guardian: Impending development of Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone ‘constitutes an emergency’, say scientists

Impending development of Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone ‘constitutes an emergency’, say scientists

Civil society organisations have hauled the Limpopo government to court

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Capricorn: MMSEZ CEO adamant project has no impact on water security

MMSEZ CEO adamant project has no impact on water security

CEO of the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone Lehlogonolo Masoga claims that there […]

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Daily Maverick: Limpopo bushveld ‘monster steel’ project challenged in court

MUSINA-MAKHADO SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE: Limpopo bushveld ‘monster steel’ project challenged in court

Plans for a mega-industrial steel zone in the mineral-rich Limpopo bushveld must be halted until there is a thorough social and environmental assessment of its broader impacts — including the climate crisis, air pollution, habitat destruction and crippling water demands in an arid region.