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South Africa has plenty of coal reserves. Above, Ships being loaded at the Richards Bay Coal Terminal. Courtesy Richards Bay Coal TerminalOne of the most energy-starved regions on the planet, southern Africa, is gearing up to build a fleet of more than a dozen coal plants to eliminate rolling power cuts. South Africa, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania are all in the process of putting together agreements with independent contractors to build coal-fuelled thermal electric plants. If there's one thing that southern Africa has plenty of, it's coal. According to the Southern Africa Development Community's master plan for energy, proven coal reserves are about 32 billion tonnes of economically recoverable reserves; the estimated total resources are more than ten times that figure. --Gavin du Venage, The National, 25 April 2015https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_coal_terminal.jpg