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Media Release – Tendele/Somkhele Coal Mining Case
Notice: The Somkhele and Fuleni communities neighbouring the Hluhluwe iMfolozi Park unite on 24th August 2018 at the Pietermaritzburg High Court in their resistance against the ongoing illegal mining by Tendele Coal Mining (PTY) LTD and its proposed expansion. PIETERMARITZBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: In an application to be heard in the high court in Pietermaritzburg, evidence…
