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2018 REPORTS

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Here at FSE we aim to be clear and transparent about the work we do. Here are our reports to keep the public informed about our actions. We are looking forward to an eventful year.

January Report	The report may be opened as a PDF document.
February Report	The report may be opened as a PDF document.
March Report	The report may be opened as a PDF document.
April Report	The report may be opened as a PDF document.
May Report	The report may be opened as a PDF document.
June Report	The report may be opened as a PDF document.
July Report	The report may be opened as a PDF document.
August Report	The Report may be opened as a PDF document.
September Report	The Report may be opened as a PDF document.
October Report	The Report may be opened as a PDF document.
November Report	The Report may be opened as a PDF document.
December Report	The Report may be opened as a PDF document.

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2018 REPORTS

Here at FSE we aim to be clear and transparent about the work we do. Here are our reports to keep the public informed about our actions. We are looking forward to an eventful year.

Another year is over, a eventful year for FSE. A year full of tours and community engagements, challenges of water pollution and mine closures. Bringing knowledge and transparency to the public. Some awards and media interviews.

FSE 2017 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Financial Statement may be opened as a PDF document.

FSE FINAL SUBMISSION ON THE WCMA AMALGAMATION (assisted by the LRC)

WRITTEN SUBMISSION FOR THE PROPOSAL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SINGLE CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AGENCY IN TERMS OF SECTION 78(3) OF THE NATIONAL WATER ACT, 1998 (ACT NO. 36 OF 1998)IN TERMS OF GOVERNMENT NOTICE 1415 The complete document may be opened as a PDF document.

2017 Reports

Another year is almost over, a eventful year for FSE. A year full of tours and community engagements, challenges of water pollution and mine closures. Bringing knowledge and transparency to the public. Some awards and media interviews.

REHABILITATION OF MINE CONTAMINATED ECO-SYSTEMS

This booklet makes the case for a project to address the waste and pollution legacy of mining in the Witwatersrand basin, with a clear linkage between the potential for revenue generation through materials reclamation and comprehensively addressing the entire rehabilitation challenge, with the participation of all stakeholders. It sketches the background and the extent of the challenge, the legislative and regulatory context and the imperatives for urgent action, then focuses in on the Tweelopiespruit wetlands area for a potential pilot project.

Business Leadership SA and SAIMechE tour mining areas

The Federation for a Sustainable Environment conduct regular tours to the West Rand Gold Fields. This group included representatives from Business Leadership SA and SAIMechE.

Annual Report: 2016

Over the past years we have had the pleasure of watching a greater measure transparency, honesty and openness in the mining industry and the publishing of Regulations calling for easier access by the public to Environmental Management Programme Reports, Audit Reports, Water Use Licenses, closure plans and financial provisions.

Hazards of Uranium

Uranium mining and processing poses a tremendous threat to workers and the population in the surrounding areas through the release of radiation and exposure to heavy metals and chemicals.

THE TIPPING POINT: Inevitable or Avoidable?

"The 2006 Energy Review merely exacerbated the problem. It acknowledged that the UK would not meet its emissions targets without nuclear, but did almost nothing to address the problem of the reluctance of the market to fund a new generation of plants.

Advanced Biochemical and Biophysical aspects of Uranium Contamination

Uranium has been considered both a radiological and also a heavy metal poison, following calcium in its distribution within the body, i.e. building up in bone, and with the principle target for toxicity being the lung and the kidney. Recently, it has been shown that uranium also targets the brain.

Comment: Sibanye Gold Tailing Re-treatment Project

The Federation for a Sustainable Environment's (FSE) position on the re-mining and consolidation of poorly managed, poorly constructed and poorly monitored historical tailings storage facilities, which are significant sources of water and windblown dust pollution, has been published in a number of academic papers, government reports and comments and response reports.

2018 REPORTS

Research News

2018 REPORTS

Annual Report

FSE 2017 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FSE FINAL SUBMISSION ON THE WCMA AMALGAMATION (assisted by the LRC)

2017 Reports

REHABILITATION OF MINE CONTAMINATED ECO-SYSTEMS

Business Leadership SA and SAIMechE tour mining areas

Annual Report: 2016

Hazards of Uranium

THE TIPPING POINT: Inevitable or Avoidable?

Advanced Biochemical and Biophysical aspects of Uranium Contamination

Comment: Sibanye Gold Tailing Re-treatment Project

January 2015 Report

Current reclamation of historical uraniferous tailings dams and sand dumps

July 2014 Report