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Rebecca Garland, Associate Professor, University of Pretoria

The air in South African Highveld cities smells foul in the winter: here's why

A farmer works with his tractor in front of the Kusile Power Station located in eMalahleni. In Gauteng province residents can sometimes smell the pollution coming from this direction. Wikus de Wet/AFP via Getty Images

People living in South Africa’s biggest city Johannesburg have been subject to pungent smells in the air similar to rotten eggs. It’s not the first time citizens have complained about the smell which is related to polluted air. We asked Rebecca Garland an expert in air quality and climate change to shed some light on what’s driving the pollution.

How bad is the quality of the air in Johannesburg?

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