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Posted by: Saving Water SA (Cape Town, South Africa) – partnered with Water Rhapsody conservation systems – 01 September 2010 The slow pace of cleaning up South Africa’s abandoned mines is leading to an ecological and environmental disaster, MPs on the Standing Committee on Public Account (Scopa) said on Wednesday.  AMD with a pH of 2.6 flows directly into the hippodam in the Krugersdorp Game Reserve MPs launched a scathing attack on the department of mineral resources’ mine rehabilitation programme. ANC MP Roy Ainslie said the department’s plan to rehabilitate the polluting mines was “virtually non-existent”. “It seems it was put together yesterday because it was anticipated we would ask about an implementation plan,” he said. “It implements structures, it talks about policy, but there is no action plan.” “You rehabilitated five mines in three years. That is 1.5 mines a year, but let’s give you the benefit of the doubt and say you’ve rehabilitated two mines a year. We have 5 906 abandoned mines. Two into 5 906 goes 2 953 years. My question is by when do you plan to have rehabilitated these 5 906 abandoned mines?” Inkatha Freedom Party MP Narend Singh said the slow pace of the cleanup was leading SA to an “ecological and environmental disaster”. “By that time we will have sink holes, we’ll have contaminated water. It will be an ecological and environmental disaster. “It is just not on for us to be hearing here that we have a serious problem in this country with abandoned mines and it is going to take that long to recover.” Continue reading Slow pace of abandoned mine clean up leads to environmental disaster Posted by: Saving Water SA (Cape Town, South Africa) – partnered with Water Rhapsody conservation systems – 19 August 2010 Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Buyelwa Sonjica, while acknowledging the seriousness of the threat posed by Acid Mine Drainage (AMD), on Thursday assured the public that citizens of Johannesburg would not wake up one morning to a flood of acid water in the CBD as it has been reported previously.  Acid mine drainage “The exaggeration of this problem is un-called for and I would like to urge all interested and affected individuals and organizations to refrain from making alarmist statements in relation to this issue,” Sonjica said, adding that the financial interests of the private sector are also to a large degree playing a role in fuelling some of the hype around AMD. “Government views the matter of the Acid Mine Drainage in a serious light and a series of engagements with my counterparts in the government have taken place on this urgent matter,” said Sonjica. The Department of Water Affairs said the minister was setting up a high-level technical task team to tackle the AMD challenge currently facing the country in particular the Witwatersrand area. This initiative is among the minister’s interventions to deal with the impending environmental problem, the department said. Continue reading Acid mine drainage statements alarmist – Sonjica Posted by: Saving Water SA (Cape Town, South Africa) - partnered with Water Rhapsody conservation systems – 17 June 2010 The East Rand-based Environment and Conservation Association is preparing to bring criminal charges against Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica for her failure to attend to pollution that is contaminating the Hartbeespoort Dam.  Hartbeespoort dam water quality Nicole Barlow, the chairwoman of the association, said the organisation’s legal representatives were finalising a comprehensive draft of criminal charges to be laid at the Rustenburg police station against the minister and President Jacob Zuma for their failure to uphold section 24 of the Constitution, which requires the government to protect water resources. “The issue of the pollution of the Hartbeespoort Dam has been going on for a very long time, stemming mainly from untreated sewage and acid mine drainage from the mining companies in the Witwatersrand,” Barlow said. Despite limited resources, the organisation had been conducting quarterly tests that found that the fish in the dam were bleeding from the nose, mouth and gills, she said. Continue reading Minister to face charges for failure to protect water resources |
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