/ 3 April 2022

Acid mine spill in Mpumalanga will take years to fix

Wilge
Aquatic disaster: The toxic water flowed from Khwezela Colliery near eMalahleni into the Kromdraaispruit to the Saalbookspruit, into the Wilge River
Toxic water in the Wilge River system from Thungela’s colliery is a ‘catastrophic event’

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