A Network of Southern African Communities Living Near Mines
Community alerts/Gilbert Moela/ Atok, Monametse/03-10-2018, 11:11 AM] Burning of roads and properties had become a normal way of voicing anger and frustrations in our communities. On the 02 October 2018 residents around Atok, Sekhukhune district have resorted to blocking roads with concrete pillars and burning roads at the R37 road towards the T-junction to Bokoni …
Community alerts/ Clifford Mohuba/Atok Monametse village/02-10-2018, 2:43 PM] as I was walking on the street road where road is busy constructed in the relocation this is what I found, a Bokoni platinum mine explosive that are carried out of mine as in a mine waste that are meant to be dumped and fenced far from …
Community alerts/Katlego Malesa/ Ga-Makgopa/09-10-2018, 7:17 AM] Molotswaneng is another section of Ga-Makgopa village in Sekhukhune fetakgomo Tubatse municipality where there are illegal chrome mining taking place and operation taking place every day and night. The operation has being going on for about 3 to 4 months now after it was stopped by police and …
Community alerts/Katlego Malesa/Ga-Makgopa/09-10-2018, 6:59 AM] Cows dying due to drinking contaminated water from Twickenham mine dam that was realised last week at Ga-Makgopa village in Sekhukhune Limpopo fetakgomo Tubatse municipality. Cows has no place to drink water only using the stream that is dry and the little water they can get is contaminated cause of …
Community alerts/Clifford Mohuba/ Atok, Monametse/12-10-2018, 12:56 PM] two donkeys dead , and this is the cause of the river water since all the fluid and chemicals used for the illegal chrome miners flows to the river as most of them mine right near to our river, since the illegal chrome miners came to our village …
Community alerts/Tokelo Mahlakoane/Moroke, Sekutlong /14/10/2018 In village called Moroke Sekutlong under Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality in Limpopo, the village having a machine that was helping the community to pump the water around 2013 to 2014 until the Machine stop to pump due to lack of water underground, after machine stop to pump the ask certain …
Community alerts/Katlego Makgopa/Ga-Makgopa/18-10-2018, 12:19 PM] Ga-Makgopa village is a community based in Sekhukhune fetakgomo Tubatse municipality. The community was a very traditional village where initiation school for woman and man was taking place in every four year. the community had initiation school for woman and man from different villages coming here to initiate their kids. …
Community alerts/ Francine Nkosi/Lephalale/14-10-2018, 7:33 PM] follow up At Lephalale town entrance on R510 road opposite PALM PARK HOTEL there is a sewage pump station 23 the smell is terrible. The smell is the notification of arrival for visitors and Tourist in town . Municipality pump sewage to the field then it …
Community alerts/Margret Molomo/ Mokopane/12-10-2018, 11:53 PM Mokopane Limpopo province. On the 10th October i and other three(3) community leaders we had a private meeting with CEO of SAHRA Mr. Koloti at Pretoria Centurion. The issue was about the human bones and the application from Ivan plats about the relocation of graves from the area where …
People of Ward 12 & 13 of Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality were celebrating World Food Day at Tshehlwaneng Sports ground. Since October is International Food Security month, the celebration was done before the actual day which is 16 October. The event was attended by Magoshi from tribal offices, representatives from Sekhukhune District Municipality, Makhuduthamaga, Ephraim …
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.
