On 13 August, at precisely 5.39pm, the Inyoni tailings storage facility, part of the Dikwena Chrome plant complex at Samancor’s WCM Mine, east of Brits, burst its seams, unleashing a toxic slurry of ...

The technical investigation into the failure of the Jagersfontein Fine Tailings Storage Facility (FTSF), has found that the owner of the tailings dam, Jagersfontein Development (Pty) Ltd, may have ...

Finally, the truth behind the mudslide disaster that claimed two lives, left 40 people injured and displaced dozens of homeowners in Jagersfontein in the southern Free State is made public. An ...

· Investigators say the dam was built on unstable ground and engineers warned about safety risks long before it collapsed. · Five people, including engineers and managers, are facing charges including ...

BLOEMFONTEIN – After a long investigation, Water and Sanitation Deputy Ministers David Mahlobo and Sello Seitlholo have officially released the findings onto the failure of the Jagersfontein Fine ...

About ten people are facing charges of murder, malicious property damage, and contravention of the Health and Safety Act in relation to the September 22 Jagersfontein disaster that tragically killed ...

New house beneficiaries in the small Free State mining town of Jagersfontein claim that the structures built for them after the 2022 mine wall collapse disaster are not fit for occupation. The ...

The long-awaited prosecution into the 2022 Jagersfontein tailings dam collapse is finally set to begin, nearly three years after the disaster devastated the Free State mining town. The Departments of ...