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On the 8th of September 2017, for the first time ever, community people from the coalfields of South Africa spoke with those in political leadership tasked with ensuring that people live healthy lives in South Africa. To their credit, members of the portfolio committees on health and environment came to a meeting with community people to hear evidence of how Eskom’s coal-fired power stations are responsible for more than 2 200 deaths a year and how it is impacting upon the country to the tune of R30 billion a year. The meeting was shunned by the portfolio committees on economic development, energy, mineral resources, water and agriculture.
