Tendele coal reserves depleted as 1,577 people retrenched in northern KZN

Retrenchments could’ve been avoided had Tendele not flouted the public participation process between people whose land rights would be affected

24 October 2022 - 20:24

Tendele Mining's coal mine in northern KwaZulu-Natal — which was involved in a legal dispute with slain environmental activist Fikile Ntshangase — has retrenched 1,577 of 1,600 employees after a four-year legal dispute which set back plans for a 10-year expansion project for the region...

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