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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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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For over seven years the community of Phomolong has suffered with sewage spills. This takes place just outside the office of the Municipality. At the entrance of Phomolong, a location in the small town of Henneman, twenty minutes outside Welkom, one is welcomed by the unpleasant smell of sewage to […]
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The Free State Health Department is in a crisis. The MEC of Health, Benny Malakoane has been accused of mismanagement, fraud and corruption by community organisations. Community health workers have taken the Department to court claiming unfair dismissal. Residents spoke out about the problems in the health system in a […]
Read MoreMines take a lot out of the community, but do they give anyting back. Mining corporations in South Africa boast that they are giving back to the community by investing in the developmental projects. From the commnunity we hear about their frustration in getting help from mines for their small […]
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