Eskom plan to drop Kusile pollution controls ‘destructive, deadly’

The plan by Eskom to get three units at its Kusile coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga back into operation will lead to unabated and increased sulphur dioxide (SO2) pollution, with “destructive and deadly” health and well-being costs for local residents.

Activists say the deaths of vulnerable people is too high a price to pay for electricity when alternatives are available