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(UN)JUST COMPENSATION: Coal mine relocation families paid ‘less than 5% of their real losses’

Source: Daily Maverick (South Africa)

Summary

What happens to the people ‘relocated’ from their homes and land to make way for major coal-mining ventures? Do they get a fair deal to compensate them properly for what they lose? In the case of the Tendele coal mine in rural KwaZulu-Natal, the answer is ‘no’, according to a new study by university researchers.

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