Date :08 April 2022Name: Musawenkosi DlaminiPlace : EmpumelelweniMunicipality: EmalahleniProvince: Mpumalanga We all learn everyday. Learning and developing a skill is the most essential thing one must consider because of the high rise of food in the supermarkets. Learning happens everyday.I started a garden in my backyard which I will benefit […]
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Water on the way
08 April 2022Musawenkosi DlaminiEmpumelelweniEmalahleniMpumalanga Water on the way The project initially started late last year were there was digging and putting of pipes, which was fast though even the was uncertainties that the project will be finished. Empumelelweni community has been there for years but the development is slow, the […]
Read MoreMine’s blasting dust is killing us
Date: 12/11/2021.Name: Ronald mhlakaza. Place: VosmanMunicipality: Emalahleni. Province:Mpumalanga. #Airpollution. Mines that are surounding Kwaguqa areas especially Vosman when they regularly blast to extract the coal and all the dust after the blasting it’s moving towards the communities that are near the mine, this area of Emalahleni it’s being polluted by […]
Read MoreThe negetive effects of load shedding in the community
Date: 30 October 2021Name :Maria MadonselaProvince: mpumalangaManicipality: Emalahleni manicipality Since 2019 load shedding has impacted the community in a negative way not to mention poor parts of the community, such as the Extensions and townships. When Eskom decides to cut the lights by load shedding our life and finances are […]
Read MoreFOLLOW UP MARCH TO DMRE
DATE: 22 /09/ 2021NAME: VUSI MABASOPLACE: VOSMANMUNICIPALITY: EMALAHLENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITYPROVINCE: MPUMALANGA #DMREMUSTFALL In September 2019 VEM arranged a march to the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy which was attended by many Environmental Organizations in the presence of law enforcement and journalists. The problem that lead us to march was […]
Read MoreBackyard food garden
2021 04. 30Vosman (Emalahleni)Vusi Mabaso (VEM) Emalahleni the place of coal has been hit by the covid 19 pandemic where by many people lost their jobs which resulted to hunger and suffering to many communities.Vukani Environmental Movement decided to lay a hand by asking help to other organizations for seedlings […]
Read MoreCommunity Conflict over jobs
Phola/Ogies v/s Witbank.2020/08/14.Empumelelweni Emalahleni.Mbethe Thembisile. On the 12th of August 2020 the people in the community of Phola/Ogies decided to strike for employment of Witbank community members in the mines that are allocated in & around Phola/ogies. Phola/Ogies community barricaded the mines entrance so that the employees from Witbank cannot […]
Read MoreThe sadness of COVID10 when you see the sign “Visits Prohibited “
2020/06/23Empumelelweni EmalahleniThembisile Mbethe It was very sad to hear some guy talking about how painful is to be disallowed to visit your loved ones that are being hospitalized during this Covid19 period, he said as you approach the hospital gate you will be greeted by the big board written with […]
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