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Research Flags Regulatory Gaps in Tailings Dam Management

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A satellite image of the Jagersfontein dam. Civil engineers at Wits University, Johannesburg, have used public satellite and aerial imagery in a study to investigate the history of the Jagersfontein dam and have concluded that it deviates from best engineering practice.

Thousands of abandoned mining tailings dams across South Africa continue to expose gaps in environmental regulation, placing communities and ecosystems at risk. This is according to Researcher, Thandolwakhe Mokotedi, from the Faculty of Law at the North-West University (NWU).

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