Please check your email and enter your one time pin below:   Open in Gmail Sorry there was an error loading the audio Driefontein Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) is one of six wastewater treatment works owned and operated by Johannesburg Water which is mandated to provide water and sanitation services to the residents of the City of Johannesburg As the second smallest Johannesburg Water sewerage works, Driefontein WWTW services the suburbs of Roodepoort, Muldersdrift, Mogale and Rietfontein, and has a nominal treatment capacity of 55 megalitres per day — although the average flow coming through is 42 megalitres a day, which is about 75% of its design capacity.advertisementDon't want to see this? Remove ads or green drop — not what we get out the taps) gets discharged into the Crocodile River — the upper part of which drains into Hartbeespoort Dam explained during a tour of the plant last week that “our compliance over the years has been really good” with the works’ average effluent compliance at 97% compared to the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) Water Use Licence standards that require 90% compliance She attributes the success to good management and that Johannesburg Water has invested capital in new technology and infrastructure to ensure their processes are optimised and efficient Driefontein was first commissioned in the early 1970s as a 15-megalitre treatment capacity plant, but over the years it has been upgraded to be able to treat a capacity of 30 megalitres (finished in 2008) and then 55 megalitres (finished in 2016). advertisementDon't want to see this? Remove ads Ngwenya said that Johannesburg Water has a master plan which predicts and plans for future developments and they will be adding another 25 megalitres taking them to 80 megalitres treatment capacity in the future This, along with plans to expand other plants and build a new one (currently a plan for a WWTW in Lanseria) should be able to service population expansion, which was one of the issues Rooiwal WWTW in Hammanskraal — the root of the cholera issue — faced While Driefontein has a 97% compliance according to their own strict standards (and a 100% effluent quality compliance according to the DWS’ 2022 Green Drop report) the five other WWTW that Johannesburg Water manages are not faring as well Ennerdale and Olifantsfontein comply with two out of three effluent categories Bushkoppies and Northern Works complies with one out of three effluent categories and Goudkoppies fails all three categories “The lack of microbiological compliance at all plants except for Driefontein presents serious health risks to downstream users,” the report warned Ngwenya said that Bushkoppies treatment plant — which services the southern suburbs of Johannesburg Soweto East and industries to the south of Johannesburg — was issued with an incorrect water use licence (told to treat water to drinking water standards) so they are waiting for their licence to be rectified Goudkoppie, which services the city centre and south-eastern areas of Johannesburg has an alarming 59% compliance. Ngwenya said this plant battles vandalism and theft of infrastructure.advertisementDon't want to see this? Remove ads “In the south [of Johannesburg] there’s a lot of cable theft and vandalism of equipment and infrastructure that needs to be replaced,” said Ngwenya.advertisementDon't want to see this? Remove ads And there are many other WWTW from other municipalities that run into the Crocodile River a water resource management specialist at the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State explained to Daily Maverick that “almost 40% of all our wastewater treatment plants today are as dysfunctional as one can get.” Read more in Daily Maverick: The simplest solution to SA’s cholera crisis is fixing our broken sewerage systems “there is no single number that’s acceptable because if you’ve got one sewerage works discharging into a very big river because of a thing called the dilution capacity.” But while a bug in a million litres of water is insignificant and you are collectively releasing five million litres of water per day only 15% of which has been treated to a decent standard Turton was referring to the reinstated 2022 Green Drop Report from April which indicated that 334 out of 850 WWTWs were in critical condition “That was a total of 39% of all WWTW in 90 municipalities. And since then the situation has significantly deteriorated,” said Turton.advertisementDon't want to see this? Remove ads Out of the five billion litres of sewage discharged into SA’s rivers daily, only 15% of it is treated to a satisfactory standard, the rest of which comes from the 334 dysfunctional WWTW.advertisementDon't want to see this? Remove ads who was also the former vice-chair of the research advisory panel for the National Water Resource Strategy at the CSIR explained that we need to have a functional sewerage system that has 100% compliance across the board because South Africa practises an indirect reuse strategy “All of our sewage water is indirectly reprocessed back as drinking water And it’s done this way because people don’t like the idea of drinking sewage water,” said Turton “If we discharge the wastewater into a river then there’s no distinction between sewage water and river water,” said Turton explaining that if we then abstract water from a river we treat it to potable (drinking) water levels “And then people don’t make the link between sewage and drinking water — which is why the Green Drop report is so important because it gives us the standard of discharge at the end of the pipe at wastewater works into the river.” Like many people who work for Johannesburg Water, Ngwenya has the expertise, knowledge, and capabilities to get her job done.advertisementDon't want to see this? Remove ads When asked if she felt frustrated that her work was discredited during a water shortage crisis or cholera outbreaks I don’t think government and municipalities realise how much investment they need to do in terms of capital.”  Ngwenya previously worked as a microbiologist in Johannesburg Water’s Cydna laboratory before coming to Driefontein “I think we’re very reactive instead of being proactive Because all of this could be prevented if we took our work seriously in terms of making resources available “I don’t think all the other colleagues in the other wastewater treatment works are just sitting there They are frustrated because there’s no money that’s been invested “every wastewater works I’ve ever been to has been a reactive management style.” But he added that it’s not just investment that’s needed but sorting out corrupt tenders in the procurement of expensive equipment needed for these treatment works “I think part of it is that the procurement systems are generally woefully overburdened,” said Turton explaining that wastewater treatment works have been a critical part of State Capture because there are many high-cost items needed for sewerage works the procurement systems have been captured or have been manipulated So it’s difficult to procure stuff through the normal tendering process “We’ve got evidence from the Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Works where corrupt tenders were given to people without any skills or knowledge with hundreds of millions of rands worth of tenders involved.” Turton said that in some cases he’s been involved in a legitimate order would take months because the process has been so corrupted Ngwenya took the media through the treatment processes at Driefontein WWTW Once the incoming sewerage (influent) arrives in the works it goes through a static manual screen — which has rakes that filter out materials (like rags big stones) that could damage the downstream equipment Driefontein Wastewater Treatment Works manager explains how the online monitoring systems work it goes through a mechanical screening building After going through a washer (which removes the organics from the materials) the effluent goes through de-gritting tanks that remove grit and sand Grit and sand are removed from the effluent The pre-treated flow is split between two parallel primary clarifiers which separate the readily settleable solids from wastewater The raw sludge is circled in the primary sedimentation tanks before making its way into fermentation tanks The sludge is fermented so it can later be used as a food substrate (contributes to either growth or burning of the nutrients that need to be removed from the dirty water) where the raw sludge is circled before going into fermentation tanks “You want to produce volatile fatty acids that you’re going to use for the biological nutrient removal process,” explained Ngwenya The acids are eaten up by microorganisms in the system NOTE: While Driefontein only releases 0.2 milligrammes per litre of phosphate into the Crocodile River after the effluent is treated (way below the 1 milligram per litre of phosphate the DWS allows) most WWTW release a high content of phosphate due to the lack of efficiency of their treatment works and equipment availability The phosphate released into the rivers is a contributing factor that causes the hyacinth problem in Hartbeespoort Dam Read more in Daily Maverick: Harties vs the hyacinth (Part 1) – The toxic dangers lurking under cover of an invasive weed they only add chemicals (ferric chloride) if their biological process fails Bioreactors in Driefontein Wastewater Treatment Works where non-harmful bacteria are grown so it can remove harmful nutrients in the sewerage Ngwenya explained that “our process is mainly biological We rely on the good bacteria that’s already in the system to treat the water.” this part of the treatment makes use of non-harmful microorganisms to remove nutrients they don’t want in the final effluent (excess nitrate which is used to introduce oxygen to the microorganisms so they can remove the nutrients Phosphate and Ammonia The Secondary Clarifiers separate the mixed liquor solids from the clear treated effluent which separate the suspended solids from the clear treated effluent The treated effluent flows to the downstream disinfection process where the effluent is disinfected using calcium hypochlorite (chlorine-based product) to disinfect and remove e-coli The final phase – the effluent is disinfected using calcium a chlorine-based product to disinfect and remove e-coli the fully treated effluent is released into the Crocodile River The treated effluent is released into the Crocodile River The sludge — a by-product of the wastewater treatment process — does not go to waste The dried-out sludge is used as compost for nearby farmers which solar-dried and composted and taken to local farmers The sludge is dewatered and taken to drying beds; the sludge is solar-dried composted and taken off-site to agricultural land To read all about Daily Maverick’s recent The Gathering: Earth Edition, click here If municipalities were run by qualified staff and management NOT POLITICIANS we would mange the available resources to deliver services The executive authority vested in political appointments- Executive Mayors and the like is one of the route causes of our service delivery problems If any coalition is needed it is one on delivery of services De-politicise service delivery and put capable management with exectuive authority in charge of mnicaplities Why is theft and vandalism such a big problem ' + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.webview_notification_text + ' " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title + " " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text + " One miner died at Sibanye Stillwater's Driefontein Hlanganani Shaft The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is deeply concerned that the mining industry has yet claimed another life of a mineworker this time again at Sibanye Stillwater's Driefontein Hlanganani shaft outside Carletonville The mineworker died early hours of this morning at Driefontein Hlanganani shaft due to fall of ground This is after three mineworkers were trapped while doing their night shift work Driefontein is running fast to break the record of fatal injuries in the mining industry within a short space of time after the seven workers that died on the 3rd May 2018 The NUM demand that a Day of Mourning be observed at Driefontein Mine and must not operate in honour and respect of the mineworker who died early hours of this morning The fatalities that are happening at Sibanye Stillwater are totally unacceptable Peter Bailey: NUM Health and Safety Chairperson: 082 883 7302 The National Union of Mineworkers7 Rissik Street.Cnr Frederick JohannesburgTel: 011 377 2111 Cell: 083 809 3257Twitter: @Num_Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/NUM/100860023402167 COVID-19 Corona Virus South African Resource Portal social & economic relief information and resources Welcome to BirdLife International en As a global Partnership We have translated as much content in your language as our resources allow Please visit the English language site to view all of our content BirdLife Zimbabwe is working with local communities to restore the Driefontein Grasslands More than five streams originate from this central watershed numerous livelihoods for farmers upstream and downstream BirdLife Zimbabwe (BLZ) in collaboration with local authorities and other civil society organizations has been involved in the biodiversity conservation of Driefontein Grasslands  “Wetlands in Driefontein provide key habitats for the two cranes species that co-exist in this area BirdLife Zimbabwe has developed and implemented conservation strategies that benefit both people and biodiversity Monitoring activities for cranes and wetlands has been ongoing on an annual basis” BirdLife Zimbabwe developed a Conservation Action Plan for the Wattled Crane and Grey Crowned Crane which guided conservation initiatives implemented in this Important Bird Area (IBA) Driefontein was designated as a Ramsar site in 2013 rolled out a community livelihood and capacity support for securing Zimbabwe’s wetland biodiversity project in four villages in Driefontein Grasslands This Darwin funded project aimed at biodiversity restoration and community livelihoods has a number of key elements including joint monitoring of indicator bird species community livelihood improvement and trainings of communities in wetland and fire management BirdLife Zimbabwe identified and began restoring wetlands in the Driefontein Grasslands local guidelines were developed to ensure protection and sustainable management of wetlands across the entire landscape local communities were trained on sustainable wetland management and basic site monitoring using the IBA Monitoring Framework communities are contributing basic species and habitat monitoring IBA data that informs local planning and future programming for biodiversity conservation a total of 60 hectares of wetlands have been restored The restored wetland sites attracted breeding pairs of cranes a pointer to improved aquatic ecosystems under community management A key component of this restoration targeted protection of seeps which are the wetlands main source of water Seeps across the landscape were fenced off protecting them from degradation local communities are now benefitting from regular supply of water during the dry seasons underground water has also risen following protection of seeps leading to constant water supply during the dry season benefitting wetland biodiversity and livestock that forage in these grasslands.    “Following restoration of that wetland seeps we were surprised to see water flowing from the seep during the dry season within three months There is water for our livestock and palatable forage for our goats We are now enjoying benefits of protecting wetlands and we thank BirdLife Zimbabwe for this intervention.” the project supported more than 150 households in five villages with income generating projects namely bee keeping  Through proceeds from these activities local community members are now able to purchase household supplies and kitchenware Our lives have change since we are generating money from poultry We will continue protecting birds and our wetlands.  These livelihood projects will also sustain our children and grandchildren; therefore we are teaching them to conserve birds and all natural resources made up of six members   is rearing 100 broilers generating USD160-180 profit in every 7-8 weeks’ time We can pay school fees for children and meet other household needs” “We will utilise the skills and knowledge we gained from bee keeping training in strengthening our bee keeping project In future we wish to have a honey processing centre to enable value addition from the honey processing we will be able to produce various hive products that include candles a community member who is now a bee farmer “Wetlands are vital because of the ecological goods and services that they provide BirdLife Zimbabwe’s work in the Driefontein Grasslands is a testament of  what can be achieved when local communities are involved in conservation efforts” BirdLife Zimbabwe is focussing on scaling up the project plans are in place to provide trainings on identification and monitoring of migratory bird species across this landscape Other priority actions for this area in future include scaling up of community livelihoods ecosystem valuation for the entire landscape and enhancing community and stakeholder capacity in site management for the benefit of nature and people ‘’Balancing biodiversity conservation and community livelihood improvement has proved to be an effective model for successful conservation in an area where people share habitats with threatened bird species’’ Header Image: Driefontein has significant populations of the Grey Crowned Crane © BirdLife Zimbabwe “Balancing biodiversity conservation and community livelihood improvement has proved to be an effective model for successful conservation” Photographer: Gille de Vlieg Image source: SAHA member of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) recipient of the Service Excellence Award and the Government’s National Order of Luthuli marking the beginning of a life defined by the fight against forced removals resolute advocacy for the improvement of the conditions under which women in rural areas were forced to live Nonetheless, in 1975, the apartheid government signalled its intention to remove the people of Driefontein and resettle them in various places across the provinces according to their ethnic background. However, this was shelved until 1983; Driefontein was regarded as a Black Spot and the people had to be removed even though they held title deeds to the land Mkhize and her husband were both actively involved in the campaign against the forced removals, helping the community to contact lawyers through the Black Sash in Johannesburg Her husband was elected chairperson of the Driefontein Council Board of Directors replacing a predecessor who had surrendered to the removal the Mkhizes became a bigger target for the apartheid government during a Forced Removal Committee meeting in Driefontein her husband was shot and killed by a police officer for his anti-removal campaigning Mkhize was elected to step into his place on the Board Her husband’s brutal murder was not the only method of intimidation that was used by the police Mkhize also had to endure her son being assaulted by nine men because of his parents’ resistance and intimidation from apartheid authorities She persisted in mobilising the community and in 1987 after constant opposition and numerous engagements with the authorities her efforts finally paid off and the government relented In addition to her activities against forced removals Mkhize hid political activists who were on the run from the authorities providing them a place to stay before they could leave the country secretly In post-apartheid South Africa, Mkhize has continued to serve her community. From 1994 to 2005, she served in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature as sergeant-at-arms for two terms. Furthermore, She was actively involved in the Transvaal Rural Action Committee(TRAC) and would later be elected chairperson of the Rural Women’s Movement (RWM) an organisation focused on issues that specifically affect women in rural areas Through their collective work with the Black Sash and the Legal Resource Centre (LRC) Mkhize and her colleagues managed to expand the RWM to other areas which now include Mpumalanga Mkhize has also served as an active ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) member serving on the committee responsible for parliamentary candidates’ provincial listings as the deputy chairperson of the Masibuyele Emasimini Project in Driefontein – a project that promotes farming as well as the chairperson of the National Movement of Rural Women (NMRW) She was bestowed this award for her exceptional contribution to the fight for workers’ rights as well as equality for all citizens Mkhize devoted herself to the advancement of the struggle for freedom and democracy it was thanks to her efforts and relentless dedication that the people of Driefontein won their battle against the government’s plans to forcefully remove them from their homes You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience and security Emergency services responded to the scene of a rollover crash at Airport Approach IPSS Medical Rescue responded to a single-vehicle accident on the N2 near Dokodweni ejecting the occupants from the back of the vehicle Sadly one occupant succumbed to their injuries Police were involved in a high-speed chase and they collided with the suspects' vehicle in an attempt to stop them Suspects arrested and robbed property recovered A two (2) year old girl locked in her mother’s vehicle on Inhlaba Grove in Waterloo - KZN was freed by Reaction Officers a short while ago (Monday) The infant’s mother contacted Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) at approximately 09:39 She informed the Controller On Duty that she accidentally A 49-year-old woman was arrested on the N1 freeway near Mokopane for driving 180km/h in a 120km/h zone She'll appear in the Mokopane Magistrate's Court today Let's prioritize road safety and respect the law Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) tracked down & arrested a 21 year old female suspect who kidnapped a two (2) week old baby in Durban - KZN yesterday (Sunday) Baby Owami Lonathando Sindani (picture 1) was found safe by Reaction Officers this morning (09:15 Monday) in the vicinity Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information Last year the mine, more than 2 miles (3,200 meters) deep, produced about 300,000 ounces of gold, just a fifth of its peak output two decades ago. Now Sibanye will wind down Driefontein’s operations within 10 years, with plans to cut thousands of jobs as it shuts unprofitable shafts. where seven workers died four weeks ago in a cave-in following a seismic event.Sibanye which saw its share price sink about 28 percent in May noted on Thursday that "recent safety incidents" were among investor concerns.A spokesman for Sibanye confirmed the latest incident.Safety concerns are high on the investor radar screen in South Africa's mining industry which extracts metals from the world's deepest mines.The 2017 death toll in South Africa's mines increased to 88 and ending nine straight years of falling fatalities in a country with an unforgiving geology.Reporting by Ed Stoddard Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab , opens new tab Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. , opens new tabScreen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. © 2025 Reuters. All rights reserved Home | Business South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers said on Monday another worker had died at Sibanye Stillwater‘s Driefontein mine outside Carletonville over the weekend the latest in a recent spate of fatalities at the company’s operations “NUM is deeply worried that the mining industry has yet claimed another life of a mineworker (who) died as a result of electrocution on Saturday,” the union said noting that the latest death came a few days after another miner died at Driefontein’s No.1 Shaft on February 12 while clearing a blocked ore pass Earlier this month, a fall of rocks at Sibanye’s Kloof Mine killed two people and before that 955 miners were trapped underground at its Beatrix gold mine following a power failure after a severe storm Sibanye Stillwater hasn’t confirmed the latest incident NUM last week said the fatalities at Sibanye Stillwater “are a sign of serious lack of care for black mineworkers especially when there is lip service from the industry that says one life is a life too many” It urged the Department of Mineral Resources to do a thorough investigation into the allegations of negligence and to take appropriate action Click below to watch NUM threatens to strike after the incident at Sibanye Beatrix mine…. Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman has said that large-scale seismic events are ‘a feature of mining’ in the wake of an earthquake at the company’s Driefontein gold mine that killed seven miners Froneman quoted statistics that suggested seismic activities were becoming less common there was an average of 649 seismic events per year measuring between magnitude 1 and 2 on the Richter scale compared to 234 in the first six months of 2018 the human cost of these disruptions has increased Seismic activity at Sibanye-Stillwater’s operations in 2015 killed a single miner compared to eight who died in similar conditions this year Froneman said: “Seismicity is a feature of mining in the region and deep-level mining layouts and support systems have been designed specifically to cope with seismicity You cannot predict seismic events … that kind of technology does not exist.” The South African company has come under increasing pressure to improve the safety of its operations following the fatalities at its mines A further four miners were injured in the Ikayma and Manyono shafts of the Kloof mine and its perceived refusal to engage with the safety of its workers has led to confrontation with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union Earlier this month Sibanye-Stillwater convened a safety summit alongside trade unions and the Department of Mineral Resources where a series of future workshops were planned Uncertainty over the safety of its operations has led to some of Sibanye-Stillwater’s investors losing faith with the company triggering a 28% fall in the company’s share price last month Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network. Driefontein is located in South Africa’s West Wits Line goldfield 94.6Mt grading 7.4g/t gold proven and probable (2006) Driefontein is located in South Africa’s West Wits Line goldfield, about 60km south west of Johannesburg. Driefontein Consolidated Ltd (Driefontein) was created in 1981 with the merger of the West Driefontein and East Driefontein mines. In January 1998, Gold Fields Ltd assumed management responsibility for the operation which became a wholly owned subsidiary in May 1999 which has milled over 222Mt of ore and recovered over 102.5Moz of gold since 1952 The average yield over the mine’s 55-year lifetime has been 14.2g/t The goldfield is part of the Witwatersrand Basin Gold mineralisation occurs at depths between 1,000m and 4,000m below surface and is hosted within two major orebodies; the Carbon Leader Reef (CLR) and the Ventersdorp Contact Reef (VCR) is a minor contributor to the resource base The CLR comprises various facies from single carbon seam to single and multiple band conglomerates It is a high-grade reef at the base of the Central Rand Group Driefontein’s proven and probable reserves within the exiting mine infrastructure totalled 55.6Mt at a grade of 5.9g/t gold A further 31Mt of probable reserves at 8.2g/t lie below the existing infrastructure (deper than 3,420m below surface) The mine’s total proven and probable reserves amount to 94.6Mt grading an average 7.4g/t Driefontein is a conventional South African underground mine in which opportunities for increasing workplace mechanisation are limited It comprises eight operating shaft systems which access the VCR and CLR 4 and 5 access the eastern part of the mine while shafts 5 production will be maintained by increased use of 1 and 5 shafts production comes from a combination of longwall and scattered mining methods This will continue on the VCR while extraction of the CLR will be based on dip-pillar mining with backfilling of the mined-out areas to facilitate secondary extraction of some 50% of the remaining pillars The primary layout consists of 40m wide pillars with 140m spans and The current operations are classed as being at intermediate to deep environments Driefontein operates three primary metallurgical plants and a secondary recovery plant New milling facilities have been installed in both the No.1 and No.2 gold-recovery plants with a two-year programme having taken place to recover gold that had been locked up in the old equipment The East Plant processing route consists of three-stage crushing rod and pebble milling closed by hydrocyclones zinc precipitation and smelting to produce doré The current operating capacity is 240,000t/month The company aims to incorporate run-of-mine ore milling and to replace filtration with carbon-in-pulp recovery while increasing its capacity to 300,000t/month The West Plant consists of the VCR and CLR crushers combined with a central milling and treatment section that is divided into high-grade and low-grade sections The process route is similar to that of the East Plant Waste rock comprises approximately 3% of hauled ore and the average throughput is 170,000t/month The West Reclaim Plant mills rock-dump (waste and low-grade) material in a circuit consisting of primary crushing The product is leached and treated in a pump-cell plant Loaded carbon is sent to the Leeudoorn metallurgical plant at Kloof for gold recovery and carbon regeneration The plant is operating below design capacity at 115,000t/month of feed rock Driefontein produced 1,150,000oz of gold from 6.87Mt of ore milled 3Mt of low-grade ore were sourced from surface material This was marginally lower than the output the previous year with some higher-grade areas having been affected by increased seismicity while the overall yield from underground decreased from 8.3g/t to 8.1g/t total cash costs rose from US$330/oz in 2004–05 to US$355/oz in 2005–06 Gold Fields has been carrying out a feasibility study into ways of accessing the 8.8Moz of gold that lie below the mine’s existing infrastructure Involving deepening the existing No.9 sub-vertical shaft this would extend Driefontein’s life by at least 13 years to around 2035 The company has also been evaluating the recovery of high-grade Carbon Leader reef pillars from the No.10 Shaft complex View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries The assets include mine at Driefontein 2 and 3 and the West Rand Tailings Retreatment Project as well as tailings dams in Driefontein 3 and 5 Sibanye will also have the option to increase its stake in DRDGold to 50.1% within 24 months “We are excited about the inherent potential in the investment and look forward to partnering with DRDGold in growing an international surface retreatment business,” Neal Froneman Sibanye-Stillwater CEO said in a statement “Sibanye-Stillwater will realise immediate value for underutilised surface infrastructure and TSFs while retaining upside to the West Rand Tailings Retreatment Project and future growth in DRDGold.” The mine dumps and tailings dams have probable gold mineral reserves of 3.82-million ounces and probable uranium reserves of 42.9-million pounds Choose a topic below and thereafter view all articles on the topic using the "Next >" button or swiping left Choose a topic below and thereafter view all articles on the topic using the "Next >" button or the keyboard right arrow key Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world were suspended late on Wednesday due to strike action South Africa’s Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union downed tools following a wage dispute Nhlanhla Shabangu was sentenced to four life terms for four counts of rape when he appeared at the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court sitting in Middleburg on Wednesday Mpumalanga police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said the 21-year-old had terrorised women between 2021 and 2022 It is believed he went to New Stand in Driefontein where he attacked He dumped her body next to the bushes in the area and fled the scene at her parents’ house in Driefontein He raped then strangled her to death with a belt as she was walking in the street at Driefontein He stabbed her to death after failed attempts to rape her.” commended the hard work of the investigating team which “culminated in a well-deserved sentence” “We trust that the sentence will deter others who perpetuate violence against women,” said Manamela Follow @SundayWorldZA on Twitter and @sundayworldza on Instagram, or like our Facebook Page, Sunday World, by clicking here for the latest breaking news in South Africa. To Subscribe to Sunday World, click here Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Tel: +27 11 268 6300 Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our terms & conditions and privacy policy The death toll after a seismic event at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Masakhane mine in Driefontein near Carletonville has now risen to seven after the body of another mineworker was reportedly discovered this morning Sibanye-Stillwater spokesperson James Wellsted said all 13 miners have now been accounted for The man is understood to have succumbed to his injuries He was among 13 mineworkers who were trapped on Thursday Rescue operations on Friday had to be temporarily halted at Masakhane mine after two seismic events Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe urged Sibanye-Stillwater to pay greater attention to the health and safety of mineworkers The minister lamented that the gold sector had seen an increase in fatalities this year with Sibanye-Stillwater as one of the main contributors Wellsted said there would be an investigation done by both the company and the department of mineral resources – Additional reporting African News Agency Read original story on citizen.co.za The principal's office at Emhlwaneni High School in Driefontein is adorned with framed pictures of past pupils.An adjoining room is full of trophies the school - which has achieved a 100% matric pass rate for 16 consecutive years - has been awarded for its achievements including in sports and music.Much of the success can be attributed to the passion of former principal Bongani Khubeka whose teaching philosophy is based on nurturing and empowering the African child.Last year the school continued its unbroken 100% matric pass rate with 121 candidates securing bachelor passes and the remaining 13 achieving diplomas.The school's top performer She was also among the top achievers in the Uthukela district and is now headed for the University of Cape Town to study medicine.Overall the school has produced nearly 20 medical doctors over the years who graduated from the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Nelson Mandela School of Medicine in 2017 and is now an intern at the Ladysmith provincial hospital."I have no doubt I am what I am because of the school I didn't really know how weekends looked like in town because we were at school from 7am until 4pm," said Nzimande.The school has also produced graduates from some of SA's top universities - engineers Such has been the consistent success of this rural school since 2002 that 27 out of its 36 teachers are former pupils who decided to return and plough their energy back into the community.One of them is deputy principal Gcina Duma who matriculated in 1989 and went on to study teaching at Ezakheni College of Education in Ladysmith He now teaches life sciences and 14 of his pupils produced distinctions last year.Another former pupil is now the school's head of department for maths and maths literacy and teaches maths in grades 11 and 12.He produced the province's top female achiever who not only bagged 100% in maths but was also the top pupil in the Uthukela district and top performer in maths and physical sciences in the province in 2013.Acting principal Nondumiso Nxasane who took over from Kubheka when he retired at the beginning of last year after being headmaster for 31 years attributed the school's success to the sacrifices made by teachers and a good relationship between the school and parents."I'm so excited for the benefit of the black child," she said.The school's secret which gave time for revision so pupils were prepared for the exams.She is full of praise for her predecessor."We did not deviate from the principles that Khathide [Kubheka's clan name] believed in Khathide used to say 'teach an African child and you will never go wrong' We invite him to come and motivate our grade 12s and educators," said Nxasane.. 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