SUMMARY: The report highlights the impact of coal mining on the Mpumalanga Highveld. The research presented focuses on social, gender, worker and environmental justice. The report is written from a legal and campaigning perspective and speaks about what is wrong on the Highveld while presenting possible ways forward.
KEY FINDING / RECOMMENDATIONS: The book recommends for a Just Transition for coal regions, et al: building a new energy system based on socially owned renewables, with jobs in manufacturing as well as construction and operations; rehabilitating individual mines and the mining regions; encouraging people’s food gardens as a first step towards creating a healthy food system; reconstructing settlements in anticipation of the extreme weather conditions associated with climate change.