Kimberly Mutandiro

Johannesburg

Journalist at Freelance

Journalist— Reporter @GroundUp_News https://t.co/UZdUGmCGWi, formerly fellow @restofworld, Presenter @ZBCtv @unisa

Articles

South Africa: How U.S. Funding Cuts Are Forcing Sex Workers to Share HIV Medicines

1 week ago | allafrica.com | Kimberly Mutandiro

Sex workers say they are devastated following the closure of US-funded clinics We spoke to dozens of sex workers in Vosloorus, Johannesburg and Springs about their struggle to access health services, particularly antiretroviral treatment. This is in the wake of US funding cuts for global aid because most of them attended clinics run by the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (WITS RHI).
How US funding cuts are forcing sex workers to share HIV medicines

1 week ago | groundup.org.za | Kimberly Mutandiro

We spoke to dozens of sex workers in Vosloorus, Johannesburg and Springs about their struggle to access health services, particularly antiretroviral treatment. This is in the wake of US funding cuts for global aid because most of them attended clinics run by the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (WITS RHI). The clinics offered treatment for HIV, TB and and sexually transmitted infections, and reproductive health services.
Joburg traders claim they are harassed by City

1 week ago | bizcommunity.com | Kimberly Mutandiro

2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show moreAdvertise your job vacancies Since the middle of February, the City of Johannesburg has run a campaign to enforce trading bylaws, verifying whether traders are properly registered and trading in designated areas. But some traders say they were punished even though they had permits and were trading in the same places they had been for years. They were told to shut down and some had their stock confiscated.
Joburg traders claim they are harassed by City

1 week ago | groundup.org.za | Kimberly Mutandiro

Traders were recently forced to close shop In recent months, the City of Johannesburg has been stopping informal traders who â€śviolateâ€ť bylaws from doing business. Traders say they are properly registered but are still told to stop trading. Some traders have had their goods confiscated without receiving impounding receipts. The City says traders may only operate in designated areas. The traders say the rules keep changing, and they have been trading at their locations for years.
Families of miners trapped since November beg for help

2 weeks ago | groundup.org.za | Kimberly Mutandiro

Authorities say it is too dangerous to go down the Krugersdorp mine Ten informal miners have been trapped in an old Krugersdorp gold mine for five months after they were cut off by rising water. No-one knows if they are dead or alive. The 10 miners were trapped days after descending 50 metres into an old shaft next to the Amatshe mine with seven others on 22 November last year. An underground stream cut them off from the shaft. Three managed to escape, and four died in the attempt.
South Africa: Families of Miners Trapped Since November Beg for Help

2 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Kimberly Mutandiro

Authorities say it is too dangerous to go down the Krugersdorp mine Ten informal miners have been trapped in an old Krugersdorp gold mine for five months after they were cut off by rising water. No-one knows if they are dead or alive. The 10 miners were trapped days after descending 50 metres into an old shaft next to the Amatshe mine with seven others on 22 November last year. An underground stream cut them off from the shaft. Three managed to escape, and four died in the attempt.
Families of miners trapped since November beg for help

2 weeks ago | groundup.org.za | Kimberly Mutandiro

Authorities say it is too dangerous to go down the Krugersdorp mine Ten informal miners have been trapped in an old Krugersdorp gold mine for five months after they were cut off by rising water. No-one knows if they are dead or alive. The 10 miners were trapped days after descending 50 metres into an old shaft next to the Amatshe mine with seven others on 22 November last year. An underground stream cut them off from the shaft. Three managed to escape, and four died in the attempt.
Families of Zimbabweans trapped in SA mine cry for help

2 weeks ago | thestandard.co.zw | Kimberly Mutandiro

Ten informal miners, most of them Zimbabweans, have been trapped in an old South African gold mine for five months after they were cut off by rising water. No-one knows if they are dead or alive. The 10 miners were trapped days after descending 50 metres into an old shaft next to the Amatshe mine Krugersdorp with seven others on November 22 last year. An underground stream cut them off from the shaft. Three managed to escape, and four died in the attempt.
New report describes how coal pollution is harming Highveld

2 weeks ago | ewn.co.za | Kimberly Mutandiro |Liezl Human

People living in Phola and Carolina in Mpumalanga are bearing the brunt of coal mining pollution in the Highveld. Ronesa Mtshweni from Amandla Community Development in Carolina said the community is struggling with contaminated water, and this is hurting the health of residents. She was at the launch, on 15 April, of a report titled, Systems Change for a Just Transition. It was published by the environmental justice organisation groundWork.
South Africa: New Report Describes How Coal Pollution Is Harming Highveld

2 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Kimberly Mutandiro |Liezl Human

GroundWork says water contamination and health problems are prevalent in Mpumalanga People who live in Phola and Carolina in Mpumalanga bear the brunt of coal mining pollution in the Highveld according to a new report. Environmental activists at groundWork published a report on the problems facing communities living near coal mines in the Highveld. Despite a 2012 court order Carolina residents are still struggling with contaminated water.