Merriespruit was South Africa’s worst dam tailings disaster — 17 people were killed and 80 houses destroyed — but such events are rare, according to Mariette Liefferink, the chief executive of the Federation for a Sustainable Environment. But, since 2015, research of all serious failures of tailing storage facilities (TSF) around the world has shown…

Tailings dams in South Africa pose serious risks to communities and ecosystems Mining Watch Canada, 24 May 2022. Source: The Mine Tailings Working Group of South Africa The Mine Tailings Working Group of South Africa, a partnership of civil society groups including the Bench Marks Foundation, Federation for Sustainable Environment (FSE). IANRA invites you to…

The Guardian — Much of the waste from 600 abandoned mines around South Africa’s largest city is piled high next to residential communities – most of which are poor and black.