by Hassen Lorgat and Jan Morrill (Earthworks) Despite the wide scale impacts, reparations and indemnification for impacted communities have been shockingly inadequate. On the one year mark of the disaster, local media reported “promises were made of temporary accommodation and food parcels, but the accommodation provided was 120 km away from the town, and the…

The Bench Marks Foundation is calling on government to investigate the causes of the dam collapse in jaggersfounatin and issue its full forensic report. Yesterday marked two years since the incident, were a tailing dam at the Jagersfontein mine in free state burst its wall, sending a torrent of mine waste down the slope to…

Sep 11, 2024 marks the second anniversary of the Jagersfontein tailings dam failure in Free State, South Africa. On 11 Sept 2022, the tailings dam failed and inundated homes in Charlesville and Skoti. Many people are still displaced and have not been compensated for basic losses. Reclamation of waterways and farmland is slow and difficult.…

‘There’s days and nights where I think I’m going to die now’ By Anna Kalafatis ’22, The Hawk Newspaper, August 28, 2024 Johannesburg, South Africa  –  A series of yellow mountains looms over the township of Riverlea, about six miles west of Johannesburg. The mountains, known as tailings, are the result of waste materials left…

By. Boitumelo Kgobotlo, Sunday World, 26th July 2024 The SA Tailings Civil Society Group has threatened legal action against the government for failure to release a forensic report on the Jagersfontein disaster.

Community activists who were gathered in Rosebank have just concluded their meeting which focused on matters pertaining to mine waste and tailings dams. Their discussions also highlighted the legal situation and the effects on mining affected communities. GUEST: Hassan Lorgat, Convenor of the South African civil society tailings working group