2018 REPORTS
Monday, 19 March 2018 08:45Here at FSE we aim to be clear and transparent about the work we do. Here are our reports to keep the public informed about our actions. We are looking forward to an eventful year.
Annual Report
Wednesday, 28 February 2018 10:16Another year is over, a eventful year for FSE. A year full of tours and community engagements, challenges of water pollution and mine closures. Bringing knowledge and transparency to the public. Some awards and media interviews.
FSE 2017 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Tuesday, 27 February 2018 10:24The Financial Statement may be opened as a PDF document.
FSE FINAL SUBMISSION ON THE WCMA AMALGAMATION (assisted by the LRC)
Thursday, 15 February 2018 09:07WRITTEN SUBMISSION FOR THE PROPOSAL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SINGLE CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AGENCY IN TERMS OF SECTION 78(3) OF THE NATIONAL WATER ACT, 1998 (ACT NO. 36 OF 1998)IN TERMS OF GOVERNMENT NOTICE 1415
The complete document may be opened as a PDF document.
2017 Reports
Thursday, 16 November 2017 11:33Another year is almost over, a eventful year for FSE. A year full of tours and community engagements, challenges of water pollution and mine closures. Bringing knowledge and transparency to the public. Some awards and media interviews.
REHABILITATION OF MINE CONTAMINATED ECO-SYSTEMS
Written by / Maintained by Webmaster Wednesday, 26 July 2017 12:59This booklet makes the case for a project to address the waste and pollution legacy of mining in the Witwatersrand basin, with a clear linkage between the potential for revenue generation through materials reclamation and comprehensively addressing the entire rehabilitation challenge, with the participation of all stakeholders. It sketches the background and the extent of the challenge, the legislative and regulatory context and the imperatives for urgent action, then focuses in on the Tweelopiespruit wetlands area for a potential pilot project.
Business Leadership SA and SAIMechE tour mining areas
Written by / Maintained by Webmaster Tuesday, 04 July 2017 10:44The Federation for a Sustainable Environment conduct regular tours to the West Rand Gold Fields. This group included representatives from Business Leadership SA and SAIMechE.
Over the past years we have had the pleasure of watching a greater measure transparency, honesty and openness in the mining industry and the publishing of Regulations calling for easier access by the public to Environmental Management Programme Reports, Audit Reports, Water Use Licenses, closure plans and financial provisions.
Comment: Sibanye Gold Tailing Re-treatment Project
Written by Mariette Liefferink Tuesday, 05 May 2015 05:55The Federation for a Sustainable Environment's (FSE) position on the re-mining and consolidation of poorly managed, poorly constructed and poorly monitored historical tailings storage facilities, which are significant sources of water and windblown dust pollution, has been published in a number of academic papers, government reports and comments and response reports.
While the FSE recognises the importance of mining in South Africa, it is also sober to the fact that mining has the potential for significant negative impacts on the environment. As early as 1987, the US Environmental Protection Agency recognised that .....problems related to mining waste may be rated as second only to global warming and stratospheric ozone depletion in terms of ecological risk. The release to the environment of mining waste can result in profound, generally irreversible destruction of ecosystems.â€
The Federation for a Sustainable Environment continues to engage on Pilansberg issues, including sense of place, water, compliance, mining, eco-tourism, tourism, enviornmental management framework, biodiversity and regional impacts.
Current reclamation of historical uraniferous tailings dams and sand dumps
Written by Mari Wednesday, 08 October 2014 08:13Gold mines produced more than 270 tailings storage facilities and the rehabilitation of these facilities can be complex and the results misleading if measures only in the short term.
Report on the activities and engagements of the FSE for the month of July 2014.
A list of activities and engagements for the Federation for a Sustainable Environment in the month of June 2014.