Scientists have found high quantities of uranium, arsenic, sulfuric acid and other toxic materials in streams and rivers in and around Johannesburg, where there has been gold mining for 130 years. The metropolis lies in the middle of the Witwatersrand basin, the source of a third of all bullion the world has yet produced. Farmers have complained of pollution from coal mines in Mpumalanga province, west of the city.
Segalwe was unable to provide more information as to which companies, state institutions or people were being investigated and declined to discuss potential outcomes.
Of the country’s working mines, almost 40% don’t have adequate funds for environmental rehabilitation, according to the government.
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