A special report by Happy Mnguni and Visuals by Morapedi Mashashe

Light shines on Jagersfontein!

RESIDENTS suffered when a mine dam in Jagersfontein in Free State burst on Monday, 11 September 2022, resulting in several houses and cars being destroyed by the mudslide. On this day, two men were confirmed dead, one woman went missing and 28 people sustained injuries.

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Residents pick up the pieces

Residents of Jagersfontein held a candlelight ceremony as they remembered the devastating day.

Residents of Jagersfontein held a candlelight ceremony as they remembered the devastating day.

Mayor Speaks

The mayor of Kopanong Local Municipality, Xolani Tseletsele, said despite the disaster that happened at Jagersfontein a year ago, they were going to fight the battle to ensure that the lives of the community are restored.

Tseletsele said the process of building was continuing.

“Not all the victims are benefiting equally because some of them have taken the matter to their lawyers. They had been a meeting between the lawyers of the victims and the mine lawyers in a bid to speed up the process of rebuilding but that meeting collapsed.”

Mayor Xolani Tseletsele.

Mayor Xolani Tseletsele.

Residents share their stories

The Department of Water and Sanitation Dam Safety Regulation director, Wally Ramokopa.

The Department of Water and Sanitation Dam Safety Regulation director, Wally Ramokopa.

Dam burst leaves fear behind!

IT'S been over a year since the collapse of the wall of the tailings dam in Jagersfontein, Free State.

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Michael Sithole is happy with the progress.

Michael Sithole is happy with the progress.

'I'll never forget that day'

FOR the past 20 years, Michael Sithole has been running a tavern business at Itumeleng.

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Free State Red Cross provincial manager, Claudia Mangwegape.

Free State Red Cross provincial manager, Claudia Mangwegape.

Red Cross lands a helping hand

Mangwegape said the municipality has bought a plot that will be used by the Red Cross for farming.

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Motshidisi Mosoue will forever remember the day that brought sorrow in her life.

Motshidisi Mosoue will forever remember the day that brought sorrow in her life.

Motshidisi is still in pain!

For Motshidisi Mosoue, 11 of September 2022 will forever be a reminder of the day that brought sorrow, pain, emptiness and the loss of her loving husband.

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Sabata Moqhoshi said nothing had happened since the incident.

Sabata Moqhoshi said nothing had happened since the incident.

Trauma turns victims into 'izidakwa'

This after a mine dam in Jagersfontein in Free State burst, resulting in several houses and cars being destroyed by the mudslide on 11 September 2022.

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Life is still hard for victims

THE collapse of the Jagersfontein dam in the Free State will never be forgotten.

The SunTeam travelled from Joburg to report on the aftermath, which brought pain, tears, loss of life, as well as damage to property and livestock.

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Residents still haunted by tragedy!

JAGERSFONTEIN is 100 kilometres away from Bloemfontein in the Free State.

On 11 September 2022, disaster struck when a tailings dam burst from a mine, damaging homes and residents' precious items in the nearby town of Charlesville.

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Disaster in pictures

A special thank you to: Happy Mnguni (Daily Sun Journalist) | Solomon Mahapa (Revise Sub) | Laila Majiet (AV Editor) | Wendy Mathebula (Homepage Editor) | Photos by Morapedi Mashashe | Koos Lubbe (Video editor) | Phumla Makhubo (CM) | Thabiso Nkosi (CM) | Doreen Molefe (Deputy Editor) | Amos Mananyetso (Editor) | Stephens Molobi (News Editor)