But here in the far north-east of South Africa, there is tension, too. The row over the mine also touches on a much broader issue in South Africa: energy policy in coming decades. 'The world needs energy, coal is energy, and coal is here. We are now at a tipping point here in South Africa. As with other similar cases elsewhere in South Africa, this has led to bitter conflict over the mine.

Source: The Guardian January 26, 2017 07:00 UTC