Slime dams and toxic cocktails

Most communities in the Witwatersrand Mining Basin, which includes the Far East Basin, Central Rand Basin, Western Basin, Far Western Basin, Klerksdorp-Orkney-Stilfontein- Hartebeestfontein and the Free State gold mines, live next to slime dams that pose a serious health hazard. The dams also expose communities to flooding, writes Tshidi Makhathini.

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