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Why Boksburg Lake turned red: Acid mine drainage confirmed as cause
Residents have been urged to avoid Boksburg Lake after it was contaminated
‘I’m fighting for my sons’ lives,’ says father of trapped illegal miners in Krugersdorp
The relatives of illegal artisanal miners who are trapped underground in in a flooded mine shaft say that the authorities have failed to help them
Illegal mining proliferates when the state fails to issue closure certificates and regulate compliance
The problem has wide-ranging socio-economic and environmental impacts, says a draft mine closure strategy
The hazardous legacy of Krugersdorp’s abandoned mines
Experts say the government must fund acid mine drainage clean-ups to protect the right of citizens to a healthy environment and clean water
Toxic acid mine water continues to rise underground on East Rand
The situation is frightening, says an anonymous source who used to work at the department of water and sanitation
SA’s rivers and dams can no longer recover from pollution, say water scientists
About seven billion litres of sewage are released every day into rivers and dams This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail &…
Witwatersrand goldfield acid mine drainage ‘with us for millennia’
Quick fixes are inadequate to prevent damage from gold mining’s legacy, but the long-term plan of treating AMD could relieve water shortages
Faecal pollution severely contaminates SA’s rivers, dams – report
More than half of the sites showed a high health risk if water was used for irrigation
Cradle of Humankind residents fear sinkholes, groundwater contamination from toxic acid mine drainage
Excessive rainfall last month has caused untreated toxic water from old gold mines to decant into waterways on the West Rand
Long-awaited legislation seeks to strengthen SA’s environmental regime
National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act introduce new offences, increase quantum of fines, extend enforcement powers to municipal managers
Pumping of acidic mine water on East Rand delayed — again
The plant’s closure means that a tide of toxic mine water is rising significantly underground, which could decant into the environment within months
Acid mine water continues to rise underground on the East Rand
Levels at a treatment plant in Springs have now breached a critical environmental threshold
Deep concern over rising underground tide of toxic acidic mine water on East Rand
Broken abstraction pumps at the Eastern basin treatment plant mean that water supply may become contaminated, posing a serious threat
‘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
Environment minister in crosshairs over proposed amendment to environmental regulations
The proposed change will make it impossible for civil society, or their lawyers, to appeal environmental authorisations without using the services of a costly environmental…