South Africa, the world’s coal junkie, tries to quit

But a gang of coal-dependent politicians is making it hard

by JOHANNESBURG
01 22, 2022
in Middle East and Africa

TRAVEL EAST from Johannesburg—South Africa’s economic capital—and dusty industrial towns line the road to the city of Emalahleni (“place of coal” in the local language, Tswana). The flat veld is dotted with mines and the smokestacks of coal-fired power stations.

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