ENVIRONMENTAL FALLOUT: Limpopo coal mine grinds to a halt, leaving scarred bushveld and questions over accountability

Source: Daily Maverick · 2026-11-12T21:01:22.000Z · World

The Chinese-controlled Makhado coal mine has stopped operating just months after commissioning began. Now questions are mounting about who will pay to repair the damaged landscape, whether ancient baobabs and destroyed habitats can ever be replaced, and why a state-owned financier helped fund the project.

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