A Network of Southern African Communities Living Near Mines
Community alerts/ Mmathapelo Thobejane/ Ditwebeleng village/18-11-2018, 11:24 AM] It’s been 2 months now the community of Ga-mashabela and Modimole on strike the community trap the electric cables that supply Hackney mine its been a while this situation happing at first it was happening during the night only but since the past 3 weeks the electricity …
Community alerts/Andries Mocheko/ Lephalale/14-11-2018, 10:43 PM] Tsa-Lephalale (Marapong township) After Waterberg Environmental Justice Forum (WEJF) received several complaints and engage with our local Municipality about the issue, the plant was visited on 12 Monday November 2018, together with our local newspaper Mogol post. The plant could be entered without any security measures. The “new” plant …
Community alerts/ Morgan Selowa/Atok, Mmalingine section/14-11-2018, 6:03 PM] As residents of Monametse village (Atok) we are getting sick each an everyday because of dusty road that used by big trucks of zama-zama and trucks of Bokoni platinum mine they don’t even bother them-selves to maintain that road and that dust affect us via intake and …
Community alerts / Andries Mocheko/Lephalale , Marapong/13-11-2018, 3:46 PM] Tsa-Lephalale Today we attend the 1st public participation present by Naledzi Environmental Consultants for Transnet. We so disappointed about the attendance of that meeting, as organizations and some of the community members we indicate to them that they must go back and come with another …
Community alerts/ Eunice Mampa / Ga-Mampa/12-11-2018, 5:36 PM] Under Feta-kgomo Tubatse municipality at Ga-Mampa village we are experiencing lot of dust from Sefateng Chrome Mine because they have extended their operation towards house but they didn’t do any consultation and since Sefateng chrome mine made court orders against the community meaning there is nothing we …
mmunity alerts/Tokelo Mahlakoane/ Moroke Sekutlong/09-11-2018, 1:29 PM] On 09 November the EFF members host a match to submit memorandum Booysendaal mine at Ga-Mawela village the purpose of the memorandum is to address several issues that affect relocated people, Land and workers who retrench. The Memorandum state that they want a feedback within 14 working days. …
Community alerts/ Mmathapelo Thobejane/Ditwebeleng village/09-11-2018, 8:56 AM] Big up to the Benchmark Foundation program in Community surveyors even though we can’t get credit for that but recently I. Our community Anglo has adopt the method and it will be running community survey on impact of its operation in Limpopo ( Mogalakwena mine, Boone mine, Twickenham …
Community alerts/ Tokelo Mahlakoane/ Moroke , Sekutlong/07-11-2018, 9:52 AM] Today on 07 November I got a call from Department of Water and Sanitation after i send an email on 04 October to report Water pollution. I meet with one of them Mr. Lerutla at Motse River around Moroke Sekutlong village I was with Mr. Nkwana, …
Community alerts/ Khutso Phala / Moroke, Ga-Mathule/06-11-2018, 6:32 AM] Yesterday 06/11 under Fetakgomo/Tubatse Municipality Limpopo province, a place called Ditwaing next to Ga-mathule village, it was 16:46.i was in the house, then I heard the sound of mine blasting (Chromax Mine) when i get out i found out that all the village of Ditwaing is …
Community alerts/ Victoria Makgoo / Morapaneng village/05-11-2018, 2:59 PM] Mine protection services truck was burned today at Ga- Kgwete, it seems to be the protection service from Twickenham Mine as i noticed their employees at the scene, I have noticed when i was passing by there were fire fighters beside the road rescue people …
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.
