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SCRAMBLE FOR WHITE GOLD: Nearly 1000 people face relocation in KZN lithium mine expansion plan

ZA · · Daily Maverick

The homes of more than 800 people on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast face demolition to make way for the expansion of a lithium mine. Lithium is a mineral in high global demand for the manufacture of electric cars, batteries, cellphones or back-up power for data centres.