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Despite 2022’s rise in coal prices because of Europe’s energy crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine, coal, as a fossil fuel, is a dying commodity, said Mashudu Masutha, senior programmes officer at the non-governmental organisation Southern Africa Resource Watch.

The extractive industries in South Africa have a long history of human rights abuses and tense relationships with communities, she said.

A practical example of this social dynamic can be seen in the Mpumalanga town of Carolina, which is surrounded by 12 coal mines that supply the national power utility, Eskom.

Eskom’s operations in the area pollute the air and water and this affects what is a finite supply of both.

There have been a number of court applications about air or water quality in the area, Masutha said.

In partnership with Southern Africa Resource Watch, the