A Network of Southern African Communities Living Near Mines
Community alerts/ Tokelo Mahlakoane/ Moroke Sekutlong village/05/05/2019, 10:04 PM] We as black people when we welcome a person we welcome him/ her with two hands. Now if we can check we welcomed a Somalians with two hands and we took our Cars from the Garages leave under the tree just hire the Somalians and make …
Community alerts/Mmathapelo Thobejane/ Ditwebeleng village/03/05/2019, 2:47 PM] On 03-05-2019 SEJN management and Environmental Awareness and Campaign team meet to strategies on issues affecting our mining communities. The team has realised that communities in Magakala cluster suffer a lot due to environmental degradation, Dust, house cracking, water pollution and domestic waste management so they decide to …
Community alerts/ Mmathapelo Thobejane/ Ditwebeleng Village/29/04/2019, 11:16 PM] Today 29th April 2019 Limpopo Community monitors from different parts of Limpopo Lephalale Mokopane and Sekhukhune had a monitoring school 2019 Launch. The meeting was a very successful one and we had review of Monitoring school Program on why we are writing alerts and looking on …
Community Alerts, Mpumalanga, Carolina, Lorraine Kakaza, 2019/04/04 Residents protest over service delivery Dozen of residents have vowed to bring Alexandra to a complete standstill They are protesting trying to express their desperation,anger of frustration against authorities who have for years ignored people’s need for safe, healthy and developed environments. It’s happening almost every day in …
Community Alerts, Mpumalanga, Emalahleni, Vosman/ All zones, Empumelelweni/ Phola-Ogies, Susan Moraba, 2019/04/25 On 23 April 2019 in Mpumalanga, Emalahleni community monitor’s held a Respiratory Health problem workshop and went on a toxic your to visit some of the victims who suffers from respiratory health problems in Vosman area. The workshop started with an introduction and …
POWER OF ART Community alerts/ Mmabore Mogashoa/ Schinoord , Ga-Mogashoa/24/03/2019, 9:07 AM] Art exhibition for visual arts and crafters was held on 19 March 2019 at Achievers Theatre …, Tsimanyane Ga Matlala. The exhibition was organized by Limpopo Federation of Community Arts Centers(LIFCAC) for the district municipalities of Limpopo(i.e. Vhembe,Sekhukhune, Mopani, Waterberg and Capricorn) and …
Community alerts/ Mmathapelo Thobejane/ Ditwebeleng Village/21/04/2019, 7 PM] I had a dream of using natural resources and making money in a way that will not harm the mother earth(Environmental friendly), At the beginning it seems impossible especially in this rural communities were people always thinks that women are not capable of making things happen. This …
Community alerts/ Tokelo Mahlakoane/Moroke Sekutlong Section17/04/2019, 7:54 PM] Yesterday we visited the village called Sehwiting next to Olifant River around Sekhukhune District in Limpopo province under Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality in Ward 09. The village is too small the paining part is that the village doesn’t have access for service delivery. We found a …
Community alerts/ Tokelo Mahlakoane/Moroke Sekutlong Section/25/04/2019, 10:24 PM] : In Limpopo province under fetakgomo Tubatse local municipality around Sekhukhune district in Ward 15 there’s a village called “Masete” Next to Shakung Village aside from R37 Road. We found a Malatji Family with unfinished RDP that our government failed to finish it since last year and …
Community alerts/ Tokelo Mahlakoane/Moroke Sekutlong section/25/04/2019, 8:42 AM] Ward 14 we have seven(7) villages 1. In Habeng village There’s two Dams the other supply the village called Motene and the water doesn’t reach there and the residents said is because of the salt that block the pipes inside and on other section the water is …
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.
