Snake Park

Toxic storm brewing in Soweto’s Snake Park neighbourhood

Residents living beside an old mine dump face health problems as floods and heatwaves worsen the dangers of mining pollution

Bhekisisa Team

7 min read

children playing during lockdown level 3, most schools have closed down due to corona virus infections. Snake Park Soweto – has become a covid hotspot. Allot of people blame the mines in the area for their poor health and rise in infecions. Photo Delwyn Verasamy

BENCH MARKS FOUNDATION

9 JUL 2020

Toxic dust from an abandoned mine coupled with Covid-19 is a tinderbox

Covid-19 is not the first health crisis to plague Snake Park. For decades the residents have lived with the mine, which they say blows clouds of dust into their homes

Sarah Smit

5 min read