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An influential South African government agency has recommended the country phase out coal-fired power stations.

Scientists plan to examine millions of death certificates to ascertain how many people coal-plant pollution is killing.

Excess deaths, seen as a more precise way of measuring total fatalities from the coronavirus, have risen to their highest level in the South African commercial hub of Gauteng since the pandemic began.

South Africa, the country with the worst confirmed coronavirus outbreak in Africa, is yet to provide clarity on how it plans to order vaccines, even as the global race to secure inoculations accelerates.