Our key findings were that environmental issues such as air, land and water pollution which impacts on human and livestock health, soil and water quality were not adequately dealt with by the law , the mines or by the regulator; communities are living in an unsafe environment, relating to blasting close to houses and the tremors experienced as a result of blasting, as well as concern about the rising crime levels within communities.
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As activists prepare to hand over 50 000 petitions to government Nontsokolo Mhlotshana reflects on challenges affecting people living in mining areas Let me give…
More than 30 people have been killed in mining wars in northern KwaZulu Natal as communities battle over mineral rights and evictions