Court overturns state’s approval of controversial coal mine

Punitive costs award against state By John Yeld The government’s hush-hush approval last year of a new coal mine within a critical biodiversity and water conservation area in Mpumalanga has been reversed by the North Gauteng High Court. In a judgment handed down in Pretoria on Thursday, an application by a coalition of eight environmental and social justice groups for the review and...

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