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Ahmed Mokgopo

Ahmed Mokgopo serves as a climate justice campaigner with 350Africa.org

At the coalface: Eskom’s Grootvlei power station. South32, together with Exxaro, supplies more than 70% of Eskom’s coal. (Dean Hutton/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
CLIMATE CHANGE

Kicking coal can improve our water supply to all

South Africa’s dependence on the fossil fuel and burning it in power stations uses 5% of water and pollutes even more

  • Alex Lenferna
  • Ahmed Mokgopo
4 min read