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Assessments launched after housing damage in Ogies

19th April 2019

By: Marleny Arnoldi

Online News Editor

     

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Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe says technical assessments will be undertaken in Ogies, Mpumalanga, to determine whether cracks in the Phola community’s houses have been caused by three nearby mines’ activities.

This follows after the Minister consulted the Phola community, near Ogies, this month.

Local residents were concerned about damage to their houses as a result of blasting by mines around the community, as well as about pollution.

Two mines in the area had not started blasting or operating, stated the Department of Mineral Resources, hinting that the third mine’s blasting activities could possibly have caused damage, but that this was yet to be confirmed.

The technical assessments will determine what could have caused the damage, while the department is strengthening measures to ensure mines minimise the extent of the dust created by their activities.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Online Managing Editor

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