After months of campaigning for the Department of Water & Sanitation’s report to be released, it was eventually made public and can be accessed here. This activism is an integral part of our Tailings Literacy Programme, which is central to building community power. After years of demanding that the report be made public, we finally organised a webinar on 8 May 2026, featuring Professors S.W. Jabobsz and Luis A. Torres-Cruz. The workshop, aimed at educating communities on what we can learn from the disaster, was a success.
Panelists
Prof. SW Jacobsz Pr Eng, M Eng(Pret), PhD(Cantab), FSAICE Project leader of the study from the University of Pretoria, Prof. Jacobsz brings decades of geotechnical and structural engineering expertise to the table.
Prof. Luis A. Torres-Cruz CEng, MICE Assistant Professor and Teck Professor in Tailings Management and Innovation. Prof. Torres-Cruz is an international authority on the stability and innovative management of mining waste. Convenor Hassen Lorgat said: The goal of this webinar is to bridge the gap between academic expertise and community safety. We want to ensure that ‘technical complexity’ never acts as a barrier to public accountability.
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