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24 Mar 2013

SA: Statement by the Bench Marks Foundation, independent corporate social responsibility monitoring organisation, acid rain and contaminated water impact farming and harms communities (24/03/2013)

STATEMENT

Acid rain and contaminated water continue to negatively impact farming activities and communities in areas in which mines operate, despite claims by mining companies that they are complying with...

01 Jun 2011

SA: Oliphant: Budget vote speech by the Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources, in the National Assembly (01/06/2011)

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Date: 01/06/2011
Source: The Department of Mineral Resources
Title: SA: Oliphant: Budget vote speech by the Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources, in the National Assembly

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22 Feb 2011

SA: Manyi: Transcript of the post Cabinet briefing, Cape Town (22/02/2011)

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Date: 22/02/2011
Source: The South African Government
Title: SA: Manyi: Transcript of the post Cabinet briefing, Cape Town

Journalist: On the Acid Mine...

24 Nov 2010

Solutions to water crisis hampered by red-tape

WATER

The country's water crisis is past the eleventh hour as red-tape and interdepartmental bureaucracy remain major stumbling blocks to addressing the problem, trade union United Association of South...

11 Nov 2010

SA: Reply to Parliamentary questions, by Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President of South Africa, in the National Assembly (11/11/2010)

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Date: 11/11/2010
Source: The Presidency
Title: SA: Reply to Parliamentary questions, by Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President of South Africa, in the National Assembly

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15 Sep 2010

Broken sewage works info not for public — govt

WATER

Information on hundreds of dysfunctional sewage treatment plants will not be made public, the government said on Wednesday.

18 Apr 2010

ID: Statement by Lance Greyling, Independent Democrats spokesperson, calling for legal action against Aurora Empowerment Systems (18/04/2010)

Statements

Lance Greyling, the ID spokesperson for Mining says ‘the ID is appalled at the ongoing crisis at the Grootvlei Mine, in Springs on the East Rand.

‘We are demanding that legal action...

23 Mar 2010

Daily podcast - March 23, 2010

PODCAST

In today's podcast, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe calls for an end to violent service delivery protests; the UN Environment Programme reports that dirty water kills more people than all forms...

14 Nov 2009

DA: Statement by Helen Zille, Democratic Alliance leader, on the Eastern Cape (14/11/2009)

Statements

It has been a week to mark historic occasions. Yesterday, we celebrated 50 years since the birth of the Progressive Party, giving us pause to consider our collective achievements over the...

27 May 2009

Daily podcast - May 27, 2009

Multimedia

In today's podcast, the SA government will revise down its earlier growth forecast of 1,2% for 2009;

22 Aug 2008

Niger offers reward to help stamp out Guinea worm

WORLD HEALTH

Niger is to offer a reward of just over $10 to anyone who reports a case of Guinea worm to authorities as part of a global effort to eradicate the painful waterborne parasite, the health ministry...

17 Jan 2008

News this week

NEWS THIS WEEK

JOHANNESBURG - South African Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi resigns as head of international crime fighting body, Interpol. The news follows President Thabo Mbeki's announcement that...

15 Jan 2008

Eight people die from cholera outbreak in Malawi

MALAWI

Eight people have died from an outbreak of cholera in southern Malawi, where flooding has increased the risk of contracting the disease, the health minister said on Tuesday. Floods in Malawi and...

13 Nov 2007

Cholera outbreak in Mozambique kills 15 - officials

MOZAMBIQUE

Fifteen people have died and hundreds of others have been admitted to hospital following an outbreak of cholera in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, health authorities said on Tuesday.

02 Nov 2007

Congo refugee camps threatened by cholera

CHOLERA-DRC

A cholera outbreak in Congo's eastern city of Goma is raising fears of an epidemic among tens of thousands of refugees in camps, aid workers said on Thursday.

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