Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. It is released from natural sources (like wetlands) and human activities (coal mining, and oil ...

As illegal mining spreads through abandoned shafts in South Africa, Catholic religious women risk their lives to rescue girls coerced into sex and early marriages in communities the state struggles to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Bloomberg) -- Air pollution in South Africa boosts the annual number of deaths by 6% in communities living near coal-fired power ...

South Africa is moving away from burning coal to generate electricity and the research suggests that coal infrastructure ...

In the coal towns of northern KwaZulu-Natal, the promise of South Africa’s “just transition” feels like a distant dream. While government plans speak of a fair shift to clean energy and justice for ...

Coal is vital to Africa’s development as a continent to generate energy for mining and industrialisation, where critical minerals are mined ...

South Africa, heavily dependent on coal for energy and export, has secured $2.2 billion in funding to shift towards renewable energy, despite contributing significantly to global carbon emissions. The ...

South Africa increased coal exports from the biggest terminal on the continent for the first time in seven years after an improvement in rail shipments by state-owned logistics company Transnet SOC ...

Globally, nearly 7,000 coal mines, more than 2,400 coal-fired power plants and hundreds of coal rail networks, trucks and port terminals all make up the world’s coal industry. When coal is phased out ...

The proposed Thubelisha export coal mine, in Secunda, will supply Sasol's synthetic fuels factory, also in Secunda, as well as assist in catering for the export market. The mine will replace the ...

When Emmanuel Siyabonga was a boy, he wasn't fussy about the type of job he wanted when he grew up. Other boys dreamed of being footballers, doctors, soldiers. All Siyabonga wanted, he says, was a job ...

Doctors have warned Cardinal Stephen Brislin, the new archbishop of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg in South Africa, about the growing health hazards related to air pollution emanating from the city's ...