About 80 000 people work in the industry today, down from 140 000 just three decades ago. By 2045, between 40 000 and 60 000 more coalminers will be without work. This change is irreversible. South Africa has pledged to lower its carbon emissions.
Our economy has been built on the labour of people going underground to dig up raw materials. South Africa’s resource blessing/curse — our gold, platinum, coal and other precious metals — has powered the country and given it valuable exports.
This change is irreversible. South Africa has pledged to lower its carbon emissions. Without following this path, climate change will reverse the progress made in reducing poverty and improving lives. That pledge means most of Eskom’s coal-fired power plants, which burn local coal, will shut down.
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