in 2019, a businessman, andre de ruyter, was brought in to clean up the state power utility eskom.lenges. so, the stays were cut, the tower was pushed over onto the other line but nothing was stolen, so this is not an economic crime. this was clearly now an act of sabotage and i think we can call it as such. but that outspokenness would soon get him in trouble. in fact, as we'll see in a moment, it would get him poisoned. the pressure to break south africa's dependence on coal has been building for years and yet, south ofjohannesburg, machines the size of apartment blocks still scrape at the earth to expose more rich seams. south africa is addicted to coal. right now, 85% of all the power consumed in this country comes from burning this stuff — that's compared with less than 2% in somewhere like the uk — which is why this relatively small economy is still one of the world's great c02 emitters. and here's the impact. machine whirrs. eight—year—old princess matsebula has grown up in coal country. when she struggles with breathing, it's very hard cos she'll be quiet, she won't eat, sh