Expansion: Reserves at Tendele Coal Mine near Somkhele village and Mutabatuba will run out by June and now it wants to open a new mine, arguing that the court ruling did not prevent this. Photo: Oupa Nkosi
Local activists opposing a multibillion-rand coal mine in Zululand have threatened to interdict operations if Tendele Coal attempts to start new mining in contravention of a recent high court judgment.
Tensions are high in the rural areas around Mtubatuba and Hluhluwe in KwaZulu-Natal since Pretoria high court Judge Noluntu Bam’s 4 May ruling.
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