Global demand for coal is bringing mayhem to South African towns

01 August 2023 - 09:15 By Matthew Hill, Paul Burkhardt and Demetrios Pogkas

An often impenetrable logjam of trucks laden with coal at South Africa’s crossing with Mozambique has brought chaos to a sleepy border town...

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