All South African community stories
Kanana / Orkney Mining history By Seun Motsumi Kanana / Orkney mining began in the early 1960’s. at the beginning, there were only three mining shafts, namely number 1, 2 and 3. During those years many people were not familiar with mining and how it operates. As a result many […]
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Asbestos is a silent killer By Mahadio Maitsile In my previous articles we as justice and peace activists in Kanana, North West province, we studied more problems in our area, and to this end nothing has changed. Our government provided our residents with RDP houses which is a good thing, […]
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Qeduszi Masina of Ekurhuleni environmental organisation Houses in the section called Nyanyathu are having problem of sinking hole. Kwa Thema is in far east of Joburg in South Africa Ekurhuleni. It is a small township of about 48 000 population but the unemployment rate is high. The Nyanathu section which was […]
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Sibusiso Buthelezi of Ekurhuleni Environmental org The polluting spruit is in Kwa Thema in Ekurhuleni, east of Jo’burg in South Africa. The spruit runs from a Brakpan industrial area to Kwa-thema and its just open not fenced. The spruit begins in Brakpan industrial area which the companies spill into it and pass through […]
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Meshack Mbangula (EEO) by Ekurhuleni Environmental Organisation Kwatsadutsa, the name comes from the amalgamation of three Townships that is Kwa-thema, tsakane and Duduza. All these townships are in the east of Jo’burg in South Africa, The population is about 210.000 with high rates of unemployment and crime is high since the […]
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Kagiso Modikoe by Ekurhuleni Environmental Organisation Kwa Thema is a township which was built where it use to be Vlakfontein mining area and other small mines as well. Kwa Thema is in South Africa in the east of Johannesburg, in a town called Springs and most of the people come from […]
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On this upcoming session, monitors will be learning more about the the internet and how they can spread their stories,communicate,share pictures across the world by a click of a button on their phones and computers.They will create email accounts, Facebook pages/groups,Twitter learn how to use You Tube accounts,Blogs and […]
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Electricity problem in Extension 24 Jouberton By Joe Mashilo On the 16th of May 2012 at 17h00, an electricity meeting in which I participated took place. Concerned residents organized this meeting to engage the affected residents of extension 24 and explore the possibility of organizing a protest around the area […]
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The Rustenburg monitoring school had its first session on the 14th of April 2012 at the Bafokeng Land Buyers Association offices in Rustenburg. In this picture we have activists from seven mining communities namely: Marikana, Bapong,Ikemeleng, Luka,Tlhabane,Chaneng and Mafenya, this communities are directly affected by platinum and chrome mines. Thru the monitoring school activists will learn how […]
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