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Communities living in the shadow of ageing power stations depend on coal for basic household energy needs. Pictured here, a local resident collects coal from an unrehabilitated coal mine near the Duvha Power Station. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee
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Locked into coal: South Africa’s broken transition

Delayed coal closures are keeping ageing power stations online — raising questions about who is shaping the energy transition and at what cost

  • Tulani Ngwenya
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