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 […]
Read MoreRDP 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 […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreUnemployment remains a major problem in Nyakallong
Community alerts/Cde Santos- Gubico/Free state/10 September 2016 Unemployment is still a major problem in the community of Nyakallong, this area is just few kilometres North of welkom, free state province. About 300 unemployed people are regularly attending the unemployment forum every Thursday. They go there with a hope of […]
Read MoreSibanye Gold commits to employ unemployed youth every month till end of 2016
Community Monitors Alerts/Itumeleng Klaas and Santos P/GUBICO/Welkom/270616 On the 23rd of June our ground investigative monitors Itumeleng Klaas and Santos Phukuntsi attended a mass meeting organized by Phomolong Unemployment Forum at 10am in Hennenman. While at it, an indication was made that the number of unemployed youth attending weekly meetings […]
Read MoreA Public Hearing to Silence Us and Promote Politicians and Mining Companies
On Monday 13 June 2016, one of our Ground Investigative Monitor who is a Tower of Gubico in Allenridge Motsoku Blom came across public notice about a public consultation for some of the old shafts to be open in Allenridge. The name of this mine is Listed as Tauning Gold […]
Read MoreTheunusen , Welkom : Parents name son after a landfill site
For the families working at the Makgaleng dumping site, “ A better life for all” is a distant dream. Poverty stricken families spend their time at the dumping site just to get a meal for each day. It is sad to find such poverty next to two of the best […]
Read MoreBronville: Welkom : Three years on, no progress
We visited the landfill site north of Bronville Township. We wanted to know if there has been a progress at all. We have been monitoring this site for 3 years now As we approached the site we were welcomed by the smog, the ash, the passing trucks entering the gate […]
Read MoreAllanridge, Welkom : Municipality joins Mine to pollute the dam
The stinking dam of Nyakallong in Allanridle, is polluted by toxic liquid waste from the Shaft 1 gold mine. This is made worse by the flows from the municipal’s sewage system.The community of Allanridge, especially, the River Side and Di’Nineng section, is forced to inhale fumes from this dam. From […]
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