Ermelo township mired in sewage
Residents of Ermelo’s Wesselton township say they are tired of blocked sewers that have been sending foul-smelling water into their yards for years.
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Mining: The fox is in charge of the hen house
Poisoned air, water and earth - our health is being undermined everywhere by mining companies. Yet mining is the only sector that does not need environmental approval from the Department of Environmental Affairs to go ahead with its operations.
Gauteng’s mine dumps brimming with radioactive uranium
Over a million Gauteng residents are exposed daily to high levels of uranium with some areas in the West Rand exceeding that of disaster zones from Chernobyl, site of the 1986 Ukrainian nuclear disaster.
Limpopo school a threat to learners
Every day about 300 learners from Grade 1 to Grade 7 make their way to a dilapidated school in Limpopo, not knowing if they will return home.
Legacy of poisoned air and earth
As mineworkers with silicosis resort to court this week (12 Oct) for permission to launch a class action case against the gold mines that ruined their health, communities countrywide are also struggling with the effects of mining.
Multimillion rand dam no protection from water shortages
Living near the banks of a multimillion rand dam is no guarantee that you will have water, Limpopo villagers have learned.
Limpopo youth pitch water-saving cell phones to world
Imagine if you could save litres of water with the touch of a button. Limpopo learners have and recently presented the innovative idea to the world at the Stockholm Junior Water Prize.
North West’s loo-less library of shame
Less than five years after it was opened, the North West’s state-of-the-art R3.2 million Lebaleng Community Library outside Wolmaransstad has few working computers and no functional toilets.
Illegal dumping flourishes as Free State municipality runs short of rubbish trucks
The illegal dumping sites multiplying in Reitz, Free State are a sign of poor service delivery in the province’s Nketoana Local Municipality, allege residents.
Tshwane community spends months with busted sewer
Residents of Soshanguve Block HH north of Pretoria say that they have been living with a spurting, stinking busted sewer. Some residents say they believe local government has ignored their repeated complaints because they do not pay rates.
New Limpopo dam to quench villagers’ thirst
A new dam is set to provide 10 Limpopo villages with access to clean, reliable water after years of complaints by local residents.
World wastes almost half of all food produced
About 40 percent of the food produced globally is wasted while 795 million people go hungry, according to new research released yesterday (16 July)
Move the sewage or move us, says family
The East Rand Nkuna family alleges that the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality installed a sewer on their doorstep.
Safer loos for Limpopo school
Teachers and children are celebrating new, safer toilets at one Limpopo school as the province slowly revamps school sanitation following the horrific pit latrine drowning of 6-year-old Michael Komape.
Climate change to wipe out health gains
Climate change could wipe out all the health gains made in the last 50 years and urgent steps need to be taken to prevent further increases in global temperature.