Extortion and violence disrupt South African coal shipments
🇿🇦 Extortion and violence disrupt South African coal shipments.
A Nov. 8 derailment of South Africa’s Transnet SOC Ltd shipment to the Richards Bay Coal Terminal has spiraled out of control as community leaders and a group known as the Ulundi Business Forum demanded contracts and business opportunities in the event. When Transnet refused the Forum, violence ensued.
Workers at a South African mine were held underground for three days in what the police are investigating as a hostage situation.