Community alerts, by Mduduzi Tshabalala, Free State-Vaal, Sebokeng, 2019 June 07, Arcelor Mittal to soon appear in Vanderbjlpark Magistrate Court over AEL transgressions. VEJA is planning to picket outside court and demonstrate on behalf of the people of Vaal, but also to celebrate this victory as it has been long […]
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DOA march
Community Alerts,by Mduduzi Tshabalala, Free State, Vaal, Sebokeng, May 2019 The DOA march just kicked off from P10 Rd in Lethabo. Climate Defenders are gathered to deliver a memo at Seriti Resources Pty Ltd. New Vaal Collieries. All in the name of awareness about climate change impacts caused by fossil […]
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Peaceful protest at AMSA
Community Alerts, by Mduduzi Tshabalala,Free State, Vaal, Sebokeng, 2019 May The situation is hectic right now outside Arcelo Mittal Vanderbjlpark Works (AMSA) with a peaceful protest outside AGM. VEJA is here to let AMSA shareholders know that we are not living in peace hosting them in the Vaal, with a […]
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Community preparations for public participation – Vaaloewer
Community Alerts, Mdu Tshabalala,Free State, Vaal, Sebokeng, 2019/03/02 This week VEJA Activists went to visit Vaaloewer informal settlement community to prepare them for the public participation with consulting company, and we found out that since it is end of the month week whereby most people have a lot of errands […]
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Life after coal campaign
Community Alerts, Mdu Tshabalala, Free State, Vaal, Sebokeng, 2019/03/13 Boom and Bust in the Waterberg. gW Report 2018 Life after Coal Campaign: gW, FoESA,ELA & CER. – PUSH BACK COAL Contributors: 2 individuals who wrote to the World Bank Inspection Pannel during the Medupi and Kusile loan. CoResearchers: Dr.V Munik; […]
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“bill does not make a provision for small scale mining” Santos writes
Community Alerts/ Santos/Welkom-GUBICO/01 March 2017 from 09H00 to 15H00 the Free State legislature hosted a mining charter bill amendments at Freddie Meyer hall where local stakeholders and the public was invited to raise their views, add or have subtractions on the bill. The communities and stakeholders touched too much on […]
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The illegal land occupation in Nyakallong
Community Alerts/ Free State/ 15 November 2016 In the year 2014, the community members at Nyakallong near Allanridge decided to forcefully occupy the land, in this land they built themselves shacks to live in. They argued that they have waited too long for the municipality to allocate housing stands for […]
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Unoccupied houses turned into thug’s shelter
Community Alert/Mme Mme/Free state province/10 November 2016 There are 40-45 RDP houses that are still vacant or are without owners in Kagisho Kroonstad which were built 5-6 years ago. We took note again that there were people who applied for these houses in 1995 but still provision was not made […]
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RDP houses in Phomolong Hennenman extension 1 without owners.
Community Alerts/ Santos Phukuntsi/ Free State- Phomolong/ 22 September 2016 These RDP houses were built in 2014; it is surprising that they are still vacant when there are poor families living in squatters and shacks in the informal settlements without proper infrastructure. Windows are broken doors and toilet systems are […]
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The bucket system in Phomolong will never be eradicated
Community Alerts/ by Kholiwe/ Free state/ 10 September 2016 Poor sanitation in Phomolong in the Free state province causes a great deal of unnecessary sickness and death. When human waste is not managed well, it pollutes water, food and soil with germs and leads to diarrhoea and other serious […]
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