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The Jagersfontein-Charlesville area in the Free State where a mudslide claimed life and destroyed homes nearly two years ago. Photo: Supplied
COLLAPSE

People of Jagersfontein still waiting for justice, say civil society groups, trade unions

Their call comes nearly two years after the disaster when the Free State tailings dam collapsed

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
26 January 2022. Tsediso Raleholi shows a photograph of her 10-year old daughter Mapula. Mapula drowned in a mine dam on Durban Deep over the Christmas holidays. (James Puttick)
AMATSHE MINING

‘My child would still be alive’ if that dam at the mine wasn’t there

The drowning of 10-year-old Mapula Raleholi is the latest in a series at mining sites in Gauteng

  • Sheree Bega
9 min read
HASSEN LORGAT

Open the doors of learning and culture now

Fifty years ago this month, the Freedom Charter boldly proclaimed for all to know: The doors of learning and culture shall be opened. It contains one of the best formulations of…

  • Hassen Lorgat
5 min read