THE POTENTIAL to create 100 climate jobs and to help : bring a “dead river system” back to life -that’s the rationale behind a proposed pilot project to heal one of Gauteng’s most heavily polluted river systems, the Tweelopiespruit, which has been contaminated by more than a century of mining.
‘Mine Water can be treated, safe’
SOUTH Africans have to “change their mindsets” that they can’t drink acid mine drainage (AMD).
Agencies set up to manage water use flounder
NEARLY 20 years after they were written into South Africa’s National Water Act, most of the crucial agencies that have the power to authorise water use are still not functional.
Coalition launches High Court proceedings to stop devastating coal mine planned for Mpumalanga water hotspot
Yesterday, a coalition of eight civil society and community organisations launched proceedings in the Pretoria High Court against Indian owned mining company Atha-Africa Ventures Pty Ltd. The coalition is asking the High Court to stop the mining company from commencing with any mining or related activities inside the Mabola Protected Environment outside Wakkerstroom in Mpumalanga […]
Eastern Basin acid water plant is “sledgehammer”
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has used a “sledgehammer” for its R1bn treatment plant for acid mine drainage (AMD) on the Eastern mining basin that could ultimately create more toxic water. This is the view of water strategy and consulting mining hydrologist Kym Morton, who believes government is “wasting money” by pumping large […]
SABC Health Talk, Environmental Health: 25 February 2017
Focus on preventing illness rather than incurring the expense of treatment.
Appeal: Mining expanding into wildlife corridor
The expansion of a mining project that cuts through a protected water system and a proposed wildlife migration corridor in North West province has been given the go-ahead by environmental authorities. The Federation for a Sustainable Environment (FSE), a group of community-based civil society organisations, has appealed the authorisation – arguing that “environmental decisions must […]
Pioneering Wildlife Corridor Collapses
A pioneering conservation plan to create a wildlife corridor linking the Pilanesberg National Park and the Madikwe Game Reserve appears to have collapsed because of mining and farming pressure in the North West Region.
Rand Water tightens the taps in Gauteng
In the Midvaal suburb where Sipho Mosai lives, the gardens are lush and green because the sprinklers run all day. There’s little sense of alarm at the fast-declining water levels in the Vaal water system after which the suburb is named.
Objection: Sedibelo Platinum Mine Water Use Licence
The Federation for a Sustainable Environment has objected to the Water Use Licence granted to Sedibelo Platinum Mine within the Moses Kotane Local Municipality, North West Province. An extract from the objection follows, and the full document is available to download.