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(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.