Authorities will take authorized motion towards the homeowners of the dam that collapsed in Jagersfontein on Sunday, leading to flooding and a minimum of one loss of life.
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Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister David Mahlobo stated that 4 issues had been discovered throughout a earlier investigation of the corporate, Jagersfontein Developments. ‘There have been 4 non-compliance points; the quantity of water they had been utilizing when it comes to the licence, they had been above, which was illegal,’ he stated, in response to EWN. The mine was reportedly ordered to rectify these points by January 2021 however failed to take action.
Nevertheless, the corporate’s authorized compliance officer, Marius de Villiers denied these claims, studies News24. ‘Our final report, the engineering report submitted by the mine was in June this yr. Now we have to do this quarterly and we’ve got complied with that,’ he stated, including that the corporate is doing every thing attainable to help with the investigation and discover the reason for the collapse.
‘The truth that an individual died is tragic, however we mustn’t now attempt to put the blame on individuals for what had occurred. Let the method proceed and get completed the place after [a] choice might be made, not solely by us however by authorities as properly,’ De Villiers stated.
Jagersfontein Developments introduced it might donate a big sum of cash to the affected neighborhood. ‘Now we have made R20-million out there instantly for affected individuals on the bottom and the restoration of the city,’ they stated in response to Day by day Maverick.
President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the location on 12 September.
Aerial footage of the aftermath was shared on social media:
Our response group from TSF Danger Options have been posting these photos and movies on LinkedIn if you wish to comply with. The social and enviro scale of this tailings catastrophe is large. #jagersfontein pic.twitter.com/FTxsgQLtoK
— denzyl pearse (@dporganic123) September 11, 2022
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