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The Gauteng High Court of a R5-billion settlement between gold mining companies and former employees who have contracted silicosis and tuberculosis.

It has been revealed that a large percentage of the world’s biggest miners are not tracking their tailings risk management measures

The threat of contamination is hard to escape; at the foot of her neighbourhood’s mining heap is greenish water that is used for irrigating land or feeding livestock, and some children bathe in it.

Worshippers risk a number of health issues including brain damage and skin cancers.