By: Claire Martens In the area of Carolina, the community’s water supply was polluted by mine acid drainage, which leaked into the water system after a particularly heavy rainfall. That was in January this year. The temporary measures which were implemented in the town to ensure water supply were not adequate to the point where […]
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By: Claire Martens (writing in her personal capacity) In recent months, the spotlight has shone rather harshly on the holes in South Africa’s education system. Illuminating the deficiencies in the system has been largely the work of a number of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) and Section 27. I recall that […]