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Coal and coal preparation in South Africa—A 2002 review
In South Africa, the first recorded discovery of coal was in 1699 at FranschHoek in the Western Cape. It is probable that the indigenous inhabitants of South Africa exploited some of the easily accessible coal reserves before the arrival of European settlers in the interior of .