More than 30 years ago Barnsley was a borough on the brink of collapse. Like many other communities built on mining, it was ...

When Emmanuel Siyabonga was a boy, he wasn't fussy about the type of job he wanted when he grew up. Other boys dreamed of being footballers, doctors, soldiers. All Siyabonga wanted, he says, was a job ...

Communities in South Africa’s coal-mining towns say there’s little sign of a clean energy transition on the ground, where they complain of persistent pollution and violence toward activists. A ...

Start-up rates remain stubbornly low in the shadow of a coal mining legacy. According to new research from the University of St Andrews, entrepreneurship levels are significantly lower in former coal ...