South Africa hasn’t protected residents from gold mine pollution: Harvard report

By Tanisha Heiberg JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa has failed to protect residents affected by pollution from contaminated water and mine dumps over more than 130 years of gold mining near Johannesburg, an independent investigation by the Harvard Law School said. Its International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) said successive governments including the current administration had not complied with international law, reacting too slowly and doing too little to reduce the harm from abandoned and active mines near the “City of Gold”.

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South Africa hasn’t protected residents from gold mine pollution: Harvard report