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Water flows through the concrete pipe and across a gravel road before going under the R24. (Trevor Brough)
ACID MINE DRAINAGE

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

  • Sheree Bega
9 min read
ACID MINE DRAINAGE

West Rand: ‘These mine dumps are destroying us’

Mining areas on the West Rand are ecologically dead because of poor rehabilitation

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read