A pretty low-level politician, Vusumuzi Shongwe, MEC for land & environmental affairs and other minor matters for Mpumalanga, unfortunately has some far-reaching powers.
Since 2015 a bunch of people have fought to stop coal mining in one of the precious strategic water-source areas our country has. Naturally it is a protected area — or was...
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