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South Africa: Gauteng Legislature Calls for Eradication of Illegal Mining
SAnews.gov.za, 7 July 2023
The Gauteng Provincial Legislature's Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has called for a total eradication of illegal mining that remains an enormous problem in the province. Read more »
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South Africa: Gas Leak Deaths - Govt Urged to Act On Illegal Mining
Scrolla, 7 July 2023
The number of fatalities from the gas leakage in Boksburg has risen to 17. Read more »
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South Africa: 'I Was Walking On Dead Bodies' - Responders and Residents Tell of Boksburg Gas Leak Horror
Daily Maverick, 6 July 2023
Residents and first responders to the Angelo informal settlement gas leak, which claimed 17 lives, have described the aftermath of the tragedy. Read more »
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South Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa Saddened By Loss of Life At Angelo Informal Settlement
Govt of SA, 6 July 2023
President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed deep sadness to the devastating and tragic loss of innocent lives at the Angelo Informal Settlement, in Boksburg. Read more »
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South Africa: Gas Leak in Boksburg Informal Settlement - Over 20 People Dead
allAfrica, 6 July 2023
Emergency services in the Ekurhuleni metro have confirmed that 24 people died of suspected gas inhalation at the Angelo informal settlement in Boksburg on Wednesday night… Read more »
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South Africa: 'They Died While Clutching Their Children'
Scrolla, 6 July 2023
Resident Sphiwe Mrabuya said in the madness of the moment he tried to save one of the children. Read more »
Gas Leak Turns Deadly in South African Settlement
The number of fatalities from the gas leakage in Boksburg has risen to 17. Five women, three children, including a one-year-old, and nine men were all killed after a gas leak on Wednesday July 5, 2023 in the Angelo informal settlement in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, Scrolla Africa reports.
It is reported that a group of illegal miners (known locally as zama zamas) attempted to cut open a gas canister containing hazardous nitrogen oxide.
Solly Nonyane, a traditional leader in the area, said the issue of illegal mining was well known to the authorities - and even the president - who are not acting on it. "We are under siege," he said.
