A Network of Southern African Communities Living Near Mines
Tokelo Mahlako/ Seeing a pregnant women fetching a water in the river was very painful to me. What shocked me was that, the water she was fetching is next to the bridge that has been recently blasted. Dirty water from the blast still flows slowly day by day.
Mputi Thobejane/ Burgersfort/150917 Poor Service at the Burgersfort clinic. Since 2005 the community has been complaining about the poor service that they get from the nurses at the Mahubahuba Bothasoek Clinic in Burgersfort. When a child is sick they can’t help you without his or her clinic card so they tell you to go back …
Andries Mocheko/Lephalale,Limpopo/140917 Revolutionary greetings leadership; The workers a the Tša Lephalale, Grootegeluk coal mine known as Exxaro who are on strikes are going on a protest march from the the township called Marapong to Exxaro. The Maim road is closed by the protestors (mine workers and Marapong residents). The protestors closed down the Exxaro mine, …
Moshabi Selowa/Bokoni Mine,Limpopo/150917 Today the contract workers of Highpoint, a mine contractor, have received their retrenchment letters. Some others will be finishing on Friday this week. The permanent mine workers at the Braakfontein shaft will soon reach this point early next month. This was verified today at the safety meeting at Braakfontein shaft. The new …
Tokelo Mahlako/Maotsi,Limpopo 110917 Livestock Owners/ Farmers meet with SEJN for the report back after the meeting we had on 07/09/2017. The task team asked the community for the following information: the number of villages affected by the pollution, the grievance the community wanted to lodge, the correct spot where farmers prefer the water troughs to …
Mmathapelo Thobejane/Maotsi,Limpopo/110917 Today at Twickenham shaft the task team from the five affected communities of Maotsi gathered to witness the sampling of the mine stream and Motse river. SEJN members, Mmathapelo and Tokelo were represented by their 2 members. The team included two local farmers or livestock owners. After the meeting we had last week …
Selowa Morabi, Bokoni, Sekhukhune, Limpopo/ 060917 We today managed to have a meeting with Anglo, Bokoni, Quality Survey Africa. The community was representd by Malengine Corruption Watch and Environmental Justice Network Committee together with the unemployment structures of Malengine. The purpose was to solve some of grievance which relocated community have since relocation. They compane …
Mputi Thobajane/Modimolle.Burgersfort/090917 The Municipality of Fatakgomo Tubatse does not provide basic services to the people . In addition Fatakgomo Tubatse municipality does what to want to pay ist workers. Many people’s in the community are affected by different diseases. This clearly shows that the Municipality it doesn’t care about people’s health & safety.
Mputi Thobejane/Modimolle, Burgersfort/Limpopo090917 This is the dangerous water from the plant of Eastern Mine (Thorncliffe). This water is used by the mine to wash Chrome/Platinum & is mixed with chemicals to get the job done. The community around Steelpoort are always crying about this water affects their lives & live stock.They have already lost families …
Gilbert Moela/Monametse Village, Sekhekhune,Limpopo/090917 An End to the last meal The Burgesfort cluster police today (08 September 2017) confiscated the machines used for illegal mining of chrome in Monametse Village. After the Bokoni Platinum Mine’s announcement on Care and Maintenance plan this was the community’s only hope for income. This call has angered the community …
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.
