Community Alerts/Rapule Moiloa/Diepkloof/01/12/18 Last night in the evening fire broke out at 17 shaft tailing on the side of the N 1 freeway, the grass that is burning is for maintenance of the tailing to try to reduce dust when it’s windy and the grass and the trees on the tailing holds the sand not …
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Sand Mines threatens the Vaal River beyond downstream
Community Alerts/Mduduzi Tshabalala/Vaal-VEJA/28/11/18 With a silent operation along the Vaal River banks whereby more than 4 sand mine companies operate. This has been a concern from residents living along the Vaal River. The beginning of this week on the 26th of November, a team of VEJA activists were at Vaalhoever, a suburb situated …
Chaneng clinic getting a much-needed extension
Community Alerts/Olebogeng Motene/Rustenburg/27/11/18 There has been contraction work going on at Chaneng clinic, a clinic that serves the MACHARORA community. The service at this clinic over the years has improved but sadly there is always a huge influx of people needing service and medical staff unable to speed up the service, this due to overpopulation …
I AM A TAXPAYER
Community Alerts/Lentswe Buda/Motlhabe-Rustenburg/27/11/18 We are taxpayers, I know. Where does our tax go? I thought I knew. Is it part of the billions, and The millions that always disappear? Is it the same one that arms our brothers in protests? Do we refill the magazines that are, Used on us in protests? Is my tax …
The story of a lady who gave birth at her home
Community Alerts/Lentswe Buda/Motlhabe-Rustenburg/27/11/18 A lady I interviewed this past Wednesday who is a neighbor of the clinic of Motlhabe who asked to remain anonymous told me a very sad story that happened to her on Monday the nineteenth of November. Since the clinic of Motlhabe does not provide with maternity services its hard for women …
Rustenburg sewage disgrace
Community Alerts/Olebogeng Motene/Rustenburg/24/11/18 Townships such as Sunrise, Paardekraal, Boitekong to mention few have a serious sewage problem regardless that residents pay tariffs to the local municipality to maintain such. The sewage plant catering the above mentioned areas in located in Sunrise and that is a human right violation of a kind because the smell …
Today was the Vaal Triangle Airshed Priority Area MSRGM at Emerald Casino, Vanderbijlpark.
Community Alerts/Mduduzi Tshabalala/ Vaal-VEJA/22/11/18 The State of Ambient Air report states that PM2.5 PM10 is non-compliance at most monitoring stations, this is also significant to Black Carbon floating in the Vaal Air. Having learned that the department had technical problems with H2S which was not showing at Zamdela station, this leaves the forum with less …
The Human Rights Commission Inquiry into the Vaal River 2nd round started yesterday in Johannesburg City Council.
Community Alerts/ Mduduzi Tshabalala/Vaal-VEJA/20/11/18 Today is day 2 here at Joburg Theater, testimonials started with City of Ekurhuleni who told the commission that their effluent is within boundaries of legislation. This was after the City was asked by the commission if had they violated human rights. The Randwater sampling also share the same …
Community Alerts/Dawn Anderson/Riverlea-Soweto/19/11/18 Riverlea Johannesburg, the residents came out in numbers they filled the Recreational Centre hoping to consult with Prasa Rail on offer made for CLO and general workers employment for the community of Ward 68, however, Prasa did not pitch.The community was told that Siemens was awarded a contract from Prasa in 2012 to …
Aeroton road
Community Alerts/Rapule Moiloa/Diepkloof-Soweto/18/11/18 Aeroton it’s known for a place of firms and many people around Soweto often get employed in Aeroton now the one thing or a mistake done here is destroying the wetland because on these land big buildings have been build and construction companies and private companies take over these land and don’t …
