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Since Jagersfontein, South Africa Changes Mine Dam Rules

South Africa's Department of Water and Sanitation has established a database on which mining houses need to register tailing dams (used to store water and waste from mines) and Dams with Safety Risk.

Tailing dams are described as those used to store water and waste from mines, while Dams with Safety Risk are those structures with a minimum height of five metres and are able to store more than fifty thousand cubic metres of water or water containing substance.

The new requirements for mines arose after the disaster at Jagersfontein in the Free State province on September 11, 2022 in which residents woke to a devastating mudslide as a wall of a dam, part of a disused diamond mine once owned by global mining giant De Beers, collapsed.

Many people were left homeless by the sludge and one person died.

Deputy President Paul Mashatile is visiting Jagersfontein to discuss the rehousing of residents, nearly eight months after the event.

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Floods in Jagersfontein, Free State

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