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The Jagersfontein disaster happened because authorities are too lax on mining companies, which put profit before the concerns of civilians.

A week ago hardly anybody knew about Jagersfontein, an obscure Free State town rich in diamonds with a small population of less than 5,000.

The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy is on Friday set to visit the mine to conduct an oversight visit.<a href="https://www.ofm.co.za/article/centralsa/318184/houses-cars-s...

While government assessing the viability of building homes that were swept away, survivors of the mudslide are divided on whether to return to the spot where their houses were.

Lefa Shale community leader tells OFM News that on Thursday 14 September 2022 some of the residents met with several lawyers to discuss and map the way forward in suing the mine in question....

(Reuters) - A South African company is dumping the sludgy byproduct of mining into a historical diamond pit after the tailings dam that had stored the waste partially collapsed, killing one and leaving scores injured.

The walls of the dam at the mine collapsed on Sunday, causing mudslides that left one person dead and many others injured.

Water and sanitation deputy minister David Mahlobo says government plans to suspend the water license of a mining company whose dam walls collapsed and caused the mudslide disaster in Jagersfontein in the Free State.

The walls of the dam at the mine collapsed on Sunday, causing mudslides that left one person dead and many others injured.

Experts have offered mixed views on the potential health risks that could be associated with the sludge that flowed from the burst mining waste dam in Jagersfontein, Free State, into the residential area.