South Africa Police Try Siege Tactics on Illegal Mining, Igniting Debate
The police have cut off food and water to miners for weeks in a bid to force them out of an abandoned mine. Human rights ...
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Western Cape dam wall collapses, causing flooding in the area
The collapse of the Riverlands Dam wall in Malmesbury caused by recent ... a Briefly News journalist in Johannesburg, South ...
4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff over illegal mining in South Africa
South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an ...
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Hope evaporates — dam levels dangerously low as hunger stalks southern Africa
A look at the weekly dam levels monitored by the Department of Water and Sanitation paints a less alarming — though still concerning — picture of the overall situation in South Africa ...
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Mpumalanga dam levels continue to drop. Here’s where they stood this week
The Department of Water and Sanitation’s latest weekly report revealed a consecutive decline in dam levels in Mpumalanga, with some sitting below 30%. South Africa’s dwindling water resources ...
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Flamingos abandon 2,000 chicks at dried out South Africa dam
"BirdLife South Africa has had observers at the site for the last week, and we are happy to report that the colony [in Kamfers Dam] is still healthy, vibrant and productive." ...
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Nile dam dispute: Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan agree to resume talks
making it the largest hydroelectric dam in Africa. It will provide power to some 65 million Ethiopians, who currently lack a regular electricity supply. "It has become evident over the past two ...