We live with the monster Mount Zion

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was driving towards Sasolburg on the R57 south and as I approached the city I could see thick smoke blowing heavily from the smoke stacks of the giant petrochemical factories. The smoke , hovered south towards the community of Zamdela.

After passing Sasol plant on my left, I saw on my right toxic ash heaps. This is what the local community referred to as “Mount Zion”. Just in front of Mount Zion there is a taxi rank where I was meeting Thandi and Moleboheng , activists from VEJA Monitoring School. They were investigating impacts of coal mining on the community of Belina and Umgababa.