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THE PLACE OF COAL

  • Writer: Thom Pierce
    Thom Pierce
  • Jul 6
  • 1 min read

Updated: Sep 25


Year: 2025

Location: Emalahleni, South Africa

Partners: Spotlight


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Emissions from power stations and dust from coal mines in South Africa’s “energy mecca” are making many people in the area sick. For the first article of a new Spotlight special series, writer Susan Segar and photographer Thom Pierce travelled to Mpumalanga to get first-hand accounts of what people living in the Emalahleni local municipality are going through.


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