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Limpopo coal mine grinds to a halt, leaving scarred bushveld and questions over public

Summary by Daily Maverick
The Chinese-controlled Makhado coal mine has stopped operating just months after commissioning began. Now questions are mounting about who will pay to repair the damaged landscape, whether ancient baobabs and destroyed habitats can ever be replaced, and why a state-owned financier helped fund the project.

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Daily Maverick broke the news in Cape Town, South Africa on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
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