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South Africa's informal miners fight for their future in coal's twilight...
12 Dec, 2025 08:44 72 min read
In Mpumalanga, South Africa, informal coal miners work in perilous conditions to support themselves in a high-unemployment region. They seek formal recognition as artisanal miners, arguing that a "just energy transition" must include legal pathways for small-scale, community-based mining to address historical inequities. However, costly bureaucracy and lack of support threaten to leave them behind as the country shifts away from coal.... More