A Network of Southern African Communities Living Near Mines
Community alerts/ Mmathapelo Thobejane/ Ditoebeleng/02-07-2018, 16:58] Today 2 July 2018 About 100 mining affected communities gathered at Kopanong conference centre for a workshop on mining charter understand and work on the Mining charter III that the Minister issues early June. Hass Logart from Benchmarks talking about the focus on the flawed Mining charter which purports …
Community alerts/ Margret Molomo/ Mokopane /25-06-2018, 21:32] At Ga Magongwa village, Mokopane Limpopo. Ivan plaats mine is blasting at night. We don’t have a peaceful sleep; some houses are cracking, because of the blasting. This mine is operating right inside the village their fence is not 500mt away from the village, according to NATIONAL mining …
Community alerts/ Margret Molomo/Mokopane/25-06-2018, 20:45] At Mokopane Limpopo from a village called Ga kgubudi, Ivan plaats mine has damaged a tar road that pass in the village by releasing water with a chemical called CYNATE. There are more dangerous pot hole’s can’t even use the road in the evening. Story by Margaret Molomo
Community alerts/Aubrey Thobejane/Modimolle/25/06/2018, 16:01] Pabalelo Masemola, Nthuthu Maepa, Karabo Phasha and their fellow friends are stopping that contractor who was hired by Twickenham mine to do pump testing on the boreholes that were drilled at Modimole village they were sent by Modimole headman E M Mashabela he told them that the contractor did not consult …
Community alerts / francina Nkosi / Lephalale/24/06/2018, 14:53] In September 2015 the protest took place and 22 Busses belonging to LOWDELD BUS SERVICE torched while Marapong Municipal Office and the Satellite Police Station were burned down . Some shops ,shacks and Marapong Library were also vandalized . Since then we all have to travel to …
Community alerts /Francine Nkosi/ Lephalale/23/06/2018, 18:32] At Lephalale apparently apartheid may have ended more than 20 years ago but not yet. Employers in Lephalale are still treating their employees bad. You’d find black people ridding in the back of the bakkie locked, Africans are treated as criminals whereby we are not. Lephalale the vibrant city …
Community alerts /Mmathapelo Thobejane/ Ditoebeleng/23/06/2018, 07:50] On 21/06/2018 we had a first meeting in Sekhukhune, Morapaneng Nursery with David and Eric from Benchmarks Foundation about the Health Survey and research methodology. The participants were communities from different sections in Atok and Magakala area under the SCMAC (Sekhukhune Combined Mining Affected Communities) , Mmalingine Corruption …
Community alerts/ Mmathapelo Thobejane/ Ditoebeleng /20/06/2018, 15:56] Bokone Social and labour plan for the year 2013-2018 state that the company will each year spend R100,000-00 each year to access of Roads in the following villages Monametse, Maruping, Selepe, Mmanitwane, Malomanye, Sefateng and Mokgoto. Today when the community was contacting Social Audits at the villages …
Community alerts / Tokelo Mahlakoane/ Moroke (Sekutlong)/20/06/2018, 08:23] Yesterday we held a meeting at Moroke circuit next to Mecklenburg Hospital. The purpose of the meeting was to get a feedback from Lebalelo Central Regional Water Scheme; they came with the Map that shows how that Water will operate to supply the whole …
Community alerts/ Mputi Thobejane/14-06-2018, 23:03] In 9th may 2018 we had with meeting at Sefufule primary school we invited by Principal & SGB as Modimolle happy hearts F.C community, there we was discuss about school development cause have a lot’s of jobs they supposed to start doing school development, Department of Education has confirmed that …
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.
