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South Africa’s limited protected-area estate is increasingly coming under threat from mining. This is facilitated by an enabling regulatory environment that permits mining and related activities within certain protected areas.
The case is one aspect of an eight-year battle by the Mabola Coalition, represented by the CER, to prevent coal mining in the area. The coalition consists of the Mining and Environmental Justice Community Network of South Africa, Groundwork, Birdlife South Africa, Endangered Wildlife Trust, Fed.
The EFF in Mpumalanga has demanded a full-scale investigation by the provincial police commissioner into the death of a 17-year-old schoolgirl allegedly shot dead by police during a service delivery protest in Mkhondo last Monday.