Anglo Gold Ashanti Ltd., Africa’s largest producer of the metal, said it spilled toxic waste from a gold-dump treatment unit into a tributary of South Africa’s Vaal River. By Kevin Crowley
Watershed
The abundance of excellent, cheap water has made South Africa’s economic growth possible. But in this week’s Special Assignment we reveal that we are reaching the point in history where we have to make the head-shift from an economy driven by water availability to one run on limited water.
National Water Resources Strategy
The Department of Water Affairs has written to the FSE, expressing appreciation for the submission to the draft National Water Resources Strategy 2 (NWRS2) of 30 January 2013.
Presentations:Greater Pilansberg Water Forum Meeting
The Federation for Sustainable Environment presented at the Greater Pilansberg Water Forum Meeting, among other presenters. These presentation are presented here to download.
Hotelgroep bekommerd oor Sun City se water
Sun Internationaal is bekommerd oor die voortbestaan van Sun City omdat die hotelgroep onseker is oor sy water veiligheid.“Ons is bekommerd oor die huidge en toekomstige watersituasie in die omgewing van Pilanesberg.”
Greater Pilansberg Water Forum
The FSE facilitated and organised a successful Water Forum on the 30th of April, 2013 at the Maslow Hotel, Sandton in order to address the water resource constraints within the Greater Pilanesberg area.
Only so much to share
Last week, representatives of the mines, tourism establishments, communities, NGOs and government around Rustenburg and Sun City held their first meeting as the Greater Pilanesberg Water Forum, organised by the Federation for a Sustainable Environment (FSE).
Revived Water Forum – First Meeting
The Federation for a Sustainable Environment in collaboration with Sun International and the Legacy Group Holdings hereby cordially invite you to the first meeting of the revived Water Forum, which is to be held at 10h00 on the 30th of April, 2013 at the Maslow Hotel, Corner of Grayston Drive and Rivonia Road, Sandton. Please […]
Watered-down solutions
If government sticks to its guns on the “user-pays†principle for funding the costs of cleaning water polluted by historical mining activities, it will never find a long-term solution.
Water scarcity could increase ratings pressure on mining companies
Ratings agency Moody’s Investor Service on Thursday warned that environmental factors, such as water scarcity, could adversely impact on the ratings of global mining companies if they failed to proactively manage the accompanying operational and political risks to their businesses.