(Reuters) - A South African company is dumping the sludgy byproduct of mining into a historical diamond pit after the tailings dam that had stored the waste partially collapsed, killing one and ...

(Reuters) - South African authorities shut down the Jagersfontein diamond tailings dam in 2020 due to high water levels before allowing it to reopen last year, a company official said on Monday, a day ...

The disaster occurred in the diamond mining town of Jagersfontein, forcing officials to evacuate scores of residents to ...

The department of water and sanitation has appointed the universities of Pretoria and Witwatersrand to investigate the causes of the failure of the Jagersfontein tailing storage facility (TSF). It has ...

Sept 28 (Reuters) - Jagersfontein Developments, the owner of a mine wastedam that partially collapsed two weeks ago, denied on Wednesday that another dam wall had collapsed, contradicting a statement ...

The Department of Water and Sanitation released its report into the devastating 2022 dam wall collapse on Friday, which showed that the operation’s management may have been aware of the impending ...

Three years on, people who lost property and movable assets when a mine tailings dam collapsed in Jagersfontein, Free State, claim that they have not received compensation. They were affected by the ...

Eyewitness News returned to the area to assess the progress in assisting families after the dam collapsed at the diamond mine last September, releasing a mixture of mining waste that demolished the ...