In 2013, Ibutho Coal applied for rights to develop a coal mine in Fuleni that would have required the relocation of hundreds of people from their houses and farmlands, and would have destroyed their graveyards. The company reportedly abandoned the project in 2016. In 2018 it was reported that a new company, Imvukuzane Resources Ltd, is interested in mining at Fuleni. Lebogang N., an activist from Fuleni, has received several death threats from fellow community members who were hoping that a coal mine could bring them jobs. In April 2017, Lebogang’s cousin told her that others in the community wanted her to stop opposing mining, and that “the only way to stop [her] is by killing [her].” A few days later, another cousin told her that people in the community were trying to kill her. The village headman, who is part of the traditional leadership, told her that she would be banned from the village if she kept opposing mining.