'We're fighting to breathe clean air' - The Mail & Guardian
‘We’re fighting to breathe clean air’ 13 Feb 2021 Dirty danger: Princess Mathebula’s oxygen mask (above). Her mother can’t afford a nebuliser. Black dust coats people’s homes and lungs. The Deadly Air court case applicants argue that toxic air violates people’s constitutional right to an environment that does not not harm them. Photos: Paul Botes Mapule Mdhuli has spent the morning meticulously cleaning her family’s small home in Empumelelweni in Mpumalanga, but a layer of gritty black dust still coats the furniture. “We’re breathing in this same dust,” says Mdhuli, 25, ...
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