Mpumi Sithole News Today

Human rights lawyers at Richard Spoor Inc have filed a class action suit against Anglo American and other SA mining companies.

South African thermal coal business Thungela on May 4 handed over two completed social and labour plan (SLP) projects to the Emalahleni Local Municipality – the new Phola fire station and the revamped Ogies taxi rank. “These initiatives signify the company’s continued dedication to the Ogies and Phola communities and its promise to continue investing in projects and facilities that benefit residents,” Thungela highlights in a statement.

Its cost the mining group R500m in stolen or vandalised infrastructure alone – and led to a toxic water spill.

When the last coal mine finally closes — and a day of reckoning is in the offing as the sector is gradually deprived of the capital it needs to survive — how long will it take to undo the environmental damage that the fossil fuel industry has inflicted on the planet? When the last coal mine...

It will be a test case in South Africa for river pollution, rehabilitation and holding polluters accountable

There is "no evidence of a safe level of exposure or a threshold below which no adverse health effects occur", says environmental epidemiologist Rico Euripidou on the impacts of a coal mine fire that has been burning for weeks.

This is what it looks like when unregulated, illegal mining meets governance failure – a fire in a coal mine that has been burning for weeks, leaving nearby communities choking in the fumes. Perhaps most worryingly, nobody knows the extent to which fires may be burning underground.

‘If youre being cold-called with an offer to buy shares, chances are it is an investment scam – and its high risk. So dont do it’: Mpumi Sithole – executive head of corporate affairs.

There are more than 6,000 abandoned, ownerless or derelict mines scattered across the country, many of which are seen as ticking ecological time bombs. Last month, one of these buried bombs ‘exploded’ in Mpumalanga, releasing a massive plume of highly acidic water that has left a trail of d...

The acid mine drainage happened at Khwezela Colliery’s south shaft, which had been sealed, but the volume of water exceeded the maximum capacity for treatment at the dosing site