A Network of Southern African Communities Living Near Mines
Community Alerts, Mpumalanga, Carolina, Lorraine Kakaza, 2018/10/03 Building participation and advocacy among mining communities,CSO’s This is the National Workshop on legislative processes and mining communities By IANRA, Action Aid and Benchmarks Foundation working on EU project. IANRA was formed in 2008 with 50 organisation working in 14 countries Different mining affected communities from different organisations …
Community alerts, Mpumalanga, Phola/ Ogies, Millicent Shungube, 2018/10/15 Collapsed ceiling at school due to blasting While doing our door to door social udits we came across a very beautiful school that was built by one of the mines, the principal of the school welcomed us in. The reason we went to the school was to …
Community alerts, Mpumalanga, Empumelelweni, Mapule Mdluli, 2018/09/30 The water problem in Empumelelweni The water problem has gotten worse over the past few years.We spend days, weeks even months without getting a single drop of water from our taps in our homes. People are forced to find other means of getting water. As water is life …
Community alerts, Mpumalanga, Empumelelweni, Musa Dlamini, 2018/09/30 Poor service delivery in Empumelelweni In Emalahleni at Empumelelweni is an informal settlement. Our roads are not tarred they are sloppy and “gedukile “.This “geduka ” it is caused by heavy rains. We use rocks and waste to close the holes. We are scared that if we leave …
Community alerts, Mpumalanga, Phola //Ogies, Florence Mohlala,2018/09/27 On the 21st we went to Makause section at Phola /Ogies to talk with the community about the Social Audits and Social labour Plan. We did the consultation section by section. During the meetings people were so angry with the mines when they heard about SLPs. Some of …
Community Alerts/ Mzawufani Dododvu/Jourberton-Klerksdorp/03/10/2018 It is horrifying, that we have to fight our own government, to save the environment. We won’t have a society, If we destroy the environment. PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT. If people destroy something, replaceable made by mankind, They are called vandals. If they destroy something irreplaceable, Made by God. They are called …
Community Alerts/Lentswe Buda/Motlhabe-Rustenburg/03/10/2018 The walls around us, The walls that hears, The walls that see, The walls that speaks, That promised roof over our heads, That promised food on our tables, That claimed democracy, All in black and white, not in reality. And divided us in black and white. How devious these walls are! Berlins …
Community Alerts/Rapule Moiloa/Diepkloof-Soweto/03/10/2018 01/10/2028 At 16h30 today the community of Diepkloof zone 5 Immink drive closed the road with trees, burning tires and dumping waste all over the road and the community complained about electricity cut off since last week Tuesday and the councilor was advised about the problem but did nothing to solve the …
Community Alerts/Thokozile Mntambo/Snakepak-Soweto/02/10/2018 01 October 2018 15H00 Yesterday in the afternoon as in went to monitor in the tailing dump. I thought I won’t find children because the ponds are dry. To my surprise, I found more than 15 children aged around 8 years to 10 years. Playing in the dump . Some of them …
Community Alerts/Thokozile Mntambo/Snakepark-Soweto/02/10/2018 The residents of Soweto are not happy. The pickup trucks don’t show up to collect the bins. The townships are smelling because there is rubbish in every corner even next to schools and clinics. The residents are blaming the mayor for stopping the Jozi@work and came up with Arisebetseng, that is why …
Tunatazama is a southern African network of community organisations living near mines. This network is supported by The Benchmarks Foundation, Southern Africa Resource Watch, Zimbabwe Environment Law Association, Centre for Environment Justice, Associação de Apoio e Assistência Jurídica às Comunidades, Norwegian Church Aid - Tanzania, and the Maluti Community Development Forum.
