Greenpeace Africa spokesperson Melita Steele says that Eskom’s coal fire stations in Mpumalanga is the biggest contributor to the pollution crisis.

“We believe that people are paying the price for Eskom’s pollution, with their health and in some cases with their lives.”

Steele says there is a hospital beds are meant to demonstrate the impact of pollution on ordinary people.

“There are hospital beds and there are ‘patients’ in the beds to signify the people who are actually affected by the pollution and we want to bring that to the doorstep of Eskom.”

Using NASA satellites, Greenpeace identified Kriel in Mpumalanga as the world’s second biggest SO2 hotspot behind Norilsk in Russia.

Jacaranda FM