TAILING MINE DUMP DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY

Siyani Hlungwane

AT SNAKE PARK THE IS A TAILING MINE DUMP WHICH HAS BEEN LEFT BY A MINING COMPANY MANY YEARS AGO, AT THE TAILINGS IS A PLACE WHICH HAS WITH A BIG COMING INSIDE THE TAILING, AT THIS PLACE THE SOIL ALSO SHAKES WHICH IT FALLS ANY TIME.

IN 2005 THE WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WERE TRYING TO CUT THE PIPE AND THE SAND COLLAPSED AND BURIED ONE GUY DEAD BECAUSE THEY WERE STEALING THE PIPE AT ABDOMEN TAILING MOUNTAIN.

AS YOU CAN SEE BY YOURSELF THAT POINT IS NOT SAFER AT ALL BECAUSE THE PIPE IS AT THE TOP OF THE TAILING MINE DUMP AND THE SAND IS VERY SOFT. AND EVEN IN WINTER PEOPLE FROM SNAKEPARK GO TO THE TAILING TO CUT FIREWOOD BUT THEY ARE VERY SCARED TO GO AROUND THAT SIDE AS IS VERY DANGEROUS.

EVEN AT HOLIDAY SCHOOLS CHILDREN ALSO GO AND PLAY AT ABDOMEN TAILING MOUNTAIN BUT THEY GOT CHASE AWAY BY MOTORBIKE WHO RUN AT MOUNTAIN WITH MOTORBIKE BECAUSE THAT PLACE IS NOT SAFER,
I THINK THE COMMUNITY MUST PUT A RAZOR FENCE AROUND THAT PLACE TO STOP PEOPLE FROM GOING THAT SIDE