'Policy Gap 9 - South African coal mining: corporate grievance mechanisms, community engagement concerns and mining impacts', 19 August 2014:...Coal mining impacts cause...long‐term threats such as climate change and environmental disasters such as ground, air and water pollution in sensitive catchment areas, which jeopardise water and food security. The living conditions of communities residing near coal mines are appalling and result from the poor performance on social responsibility by the mining companies and the lack of support for human rights. This report provides an overview of such serious negative impacts of coal mining... As a main concern...it is clear that South Africa is faced with a crisis of representation. Communities and workers increasingly feel the need to resort to violence in their protests...The status quo is definitely not sustainable and serious interventions are needed to stop the seemingly uncontrolled plundering and exploitation of the resources and living environments which existing communities and future generations depend on to make a decent living...[refers to Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Eskom, Glencore, Homeland Energy, Nedbank, Shanduka]