As the first light creeps over Gauteng’s gold belt, police and security officers conduct a sweep around the perimeter of a long-abandoned shaft. Just metres…
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Locating our struggles for environmental justice and protecting our human rights through forcing mining companies to comply with legal guidelines and to work with communities on the issues concerning our livelihoods within the greater struggle for economic freedom, as poor and rural mine affected communities, is a critical call to action for mobilizing and organizing the youth around understanding the importance of having our voices heard through solidifying our collective power as communities as we’re burdened with the responsibility to carry the baton forward towards realizing socio-economic justice in our lifetime and protecting our homes.
In this respect, women bear the brunt of these arrests as they still play a central role in running their domestic affairs. Spending prolonged periods in detention means they leave behind families and children without anyone to look after them. In most cases, women artisanal miners are family heads and bread winners.
The National Association of Artisanal Miners (NAAM) is advocating for the speeding up of the implementation on formalization and decriminalization of artisanal mining in SA.
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.
THE Department of Health announced this week that it will this week, Monday, 23 January to 04 February commence with the programme of screening, verification,…
Community handed title deeds and farming equipment in deal worth over R1billion but a looming mining project threatens plans to grow agriculture projects The community…
The extractives industry is notorious for its negative impact on the environment and host communities. With investors waiting in the wings to cash in on…
A rural community at odds with mining giant for over a decade finally moves in ground-breaking deal.