L Roebuck
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Post by L Roebuck on May 14, 2008 7:34:20 GMT -5
'A recipe for disaster'Elise Tempelhoff, News 24 Pretoria - The Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site and the Sterkfontein Caves are seriously threatened by centuries of mining. Mining activities on the West Rand and the Far West Rand also threaten the N14, the highway that runs from the North West to Pretoria, north of Krugersdorp. According to a report published by the Federation for a Sustainable Environment (FSE), over the past 120 years gold mining created a vacuum of almost 45 million cubic metres under the West Rand. Article
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