The death toll in South Africa's mines rose 18% in 2020 driven by accidents related to falling rocks and transportation, provisional figures from South Africa's main mining body showed on Friday.
Hundreds of miners who spent three days underground because of a union dispute have left a gold mine in South Africa.
The Minerals Council South Africa has commemorated the country's worst mining disaster, when 435 men died at the Clydesdale Coalbrook North Colliery in January 1960.
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe visited the mine on Tuesday and was given a briefing about the accident, the worst to hit South Africa's mining sector since 2001 when 12 ...
The South African mining industry is years ahead of its international peers when it comes to local and community engagement, Australia-listed Jupiter Mines, which owns 49.9% of the Tshipi ...
Jagersfontien, a small town in the middle of South Africa with over a century of mining history, awoke to a tragic failure of responsibility on 11 September 2022 when torrents of muddy water ...
By definition, a natural disaster is a natural event such as a flood, earthquake, tornado, hurricane, volcanic eruption, tsunamis, and other geological events that cause great damage or loss of life. South …
South Africa faces many different types of risk, disaster risk specifically refers to the likeli- hood of harm or loss due to the action of hazards or other external threats on vulnerable structures, services, areas, communities and s.
Nearly 200 workers were feared dead tonight after a fire erupted in a deep gold mine shaft, causing one of the worst mining disasters in South Africa's history.
South Africa's president has declared a state of disaster to try and deal with a crippling and unprecedented energy crisis. South Africans have been facing blackouts every day, which have badly ...
South Africa provides a telling case to analyse how disasters were shaped by the state and shaped the state: the exclusionary and discriminatory politics that participated in building the South African state highlight how disaster protection is intimately linked to defining security, protection, and the nature of the state.
Over the last few decades, many mining industries around the globe including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Britain, America, and South Africa has made certain regulations and adopted various risk management strategies …
The South African economy depends heavily on the mining industry. Deep level mining--which is a very common occurrence in the South African Mining Industry, is fraught with dangers. It is therefore inevitable that these dangers will be a constant source of medico-legal involvement. At the end of November 1996, a mining disaster occurred at the …
During the twenty-first century, the mining industry in the USA has had expanded access to a century of mine disaster history, revealing several trends in rescue and self-escape practices. The mining industry has previously focused on controlling fires and explosion as a means of disaster mitigation.
The number of deaths in mining accidents in South Africa has declined by about 50 percent in the past 10 years, according to the Chamber of Mines.
South Africa is well-know for a diverse wealth of minerals and a very well regulated mining industry. ... The death toll from mining accidents was 270 deaths in 2003.
In a country with a history of mining disasters, the accident at the Anglo-American Corporation's Vaal Reefs Mine near Orkney, 95 miles southwest of Johannesburg, ranks as one of the worst.
A report from the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) states that, between 2005 and 2017, Chinese firms supplied $58bn to the continental mining and mineral extraction industries. That represents a third of Chinese FDI in international mining operations during the review period.
The death toll from a mining tragedy last week in South Africa that involved an elevator has risen to 13 people after a worker died at a hospital, the mine operator said Monday.
South Africa's president has declared a state of disaster to try and deal with a crippling and unprecedented energy crisis. South Africans have been facing blackouts every day, which have badly ...
The Coalbrook disaster catalysed both local and international public awareness of mining safety in South Africa, with media attention bringing to light the difficult working conditions, incessant drive toward profit, …
Coalbrook Mine Disaster Site; The Coalbrook Mine Disaster is the largest mining disaster recorded in the history of South; Africa, where 437 mineworkers lost their lives and still remain buried 180 m underground,; when pillars over an area covering 325 hectares collapsed.;
This is what happened in 1960 at the Coalbrook Colliery in Clydesdale, South Africa. Once again, negligence played a role in the disaster. According to The Journal of The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 24 days before the major event, there was a smaller collapse in Section 10.
But South Africa, which currently generates 90 percent of its electricity through coal, is already struggling with the devastating impacts of more than a century of excessive mining.
The effects of natural disasters have dangerous and expensive impacts on communities in Africa. TrapBag barriers offer reliable, durable protection.
The second section explores the literature surrounding abandoned mines and illegal gold mining by looking at the global cases in relation to South Africa, global challenges in mine disaster preparedness and regulatory framework in South Africa and communication in relation to disaster management.
1960 was a pivotal year in the history of apartheid and of South Africa. However, the first great crisis of that year – the Coalbrook Mine Disaster – has been largely forgotten. At least 435 miners died when a large section of the mine collapsed on 21 January 1960. The Coalbrook Disaster can be attributed in large measure to the rise of …
By definition, a natural disaster is a natural event such as a flood, earthquake, tornado, hurricane, volcanic eruption, tsunamis, and other geological events that cause great damage or loss of life. South Africa has experienced earthquakes, tornadoes and floods, as well as wildfires in recent years. Earthquakes.
Burst mining dam in South Africa: what must be done to prevent another disaster. Charles MacRobert, Stellenbosch University. Jagersfontien, a small town in the middle of South Africa with over a ...
South Africa is at risk from a wide range of natural and technological hazards that can lead to disasters such as droughts, floods, major fires, tornadoes, major oil spills and even earthquakes.
In a country with a history of mining disasters, the accident at the Anglo-American Corporation's Vaal Reefs Mine near Orkney, 95 miles southwest of Johannesburg, ranks as one of the worst.
This is also supported by recent events of climate-related disasters that are intensifying in Southern Africa, with significant impacts on mining populaces, CI, environments and ecosystems.
Dissemination and participation in early warnings and disaster risk reduction in South Africa. The study's rationale was to determine the participation and communication of Khayalitjha heads, regarding DRR information dissemination for sustainable human settlement in the Free State provinces of South Africa. …
Kinross, 16 September 1986. On this day in 1986, 177 miners lost their lives, and another 235 miners were injured in one of South Africa's worst mining disasters. The use of an acetylene torch sparked flames that spread rapidly through the mine, igniting plastic insulation on wiring and polyurethane sprayed on walls to keep them dry.
A mine operator says an elevator suddenly dropped about 650 feet while carrying workers to the surface in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75.
Disaster struck the mining town leaving more than 160 houses destroyed and infrastructure damaged. More than 300 people were displaced.
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Jagersfontein, a small town in the middle of South Africa with over a century of mining history, awoke to a tragic failure of responsibility on 11 September 2022 when torrents of muddy water cascaded over the embankments that were meant to hold it back. The flood killed one person and devastated many homes.
This study explains how South Africans overtime have come to undermine the rule of law exacerbated by the nine wasted Zuma years. I argue that the deterioration of our collective social consciousness, poor attitudes, and mistrust of our law-enforcement agencies have progressively led to the collapse of South Africa's criminal justice system.
