News24 Business | The toxic storm brewing in Soweto's Snake Park

University researchers uncover toxic legacy in Klip River

An environmental assessment study has found that the Klip River, which winds through Soweto and Lenasia and feeds into the Vaal River system, has  an alarming presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the river’s sediments.

News24 Business | The toxic storm brewing in Soweto's Snake Park

As climate change intensifies, a toxic legacy grows more dangerous in Soweto. Residents living beside an old mine dump face health problems as more floods and heatwaves worsen the dangers of mining pollution.

Toxic storm brewing in Soweto’s Snake Park neighbourhood – The Mail & Guardian

In Snake Park, the evidence of sickness is written in gold dust. Its source towers over the Soweto neighbourhood: a mine dump, loaded with toxic metals, relics of an era when South Africa produced about a third of all the gold ever mined on Earth. The mining companies left behind what’s known as mine tailings — hazardous waste that has damaged the health of nearby communities. And now, with climate change, the dump is even more dangerous, leavin…

South Africa: The Toxic Storm Brewing in Soweto's Snake Park

As climate change intensifies, a toxic legacy grows more dangerous in Soweto. Residents living beside an old mine dump face health problems as more floods and heatwaves worsen the dangers of mining pollution.