AT least 18 people sustained injuries on Friday following a mine blast at a Chinese owned Gold Tiger Quarry Limited in Chilanga, according to area MP Sipho Hlazo. And Hlazo says the mining activity has damaged the water table and underground streams in the area. Meanwhile, Gold Tiger Quarry Limited Operation Manager, Ruanbin, says only six or seven people have reported injuries after the mine blast and they do not know whether 18 people were really injured. Speaking in an interview, Monday, Hlazo said it’s about time that this was put to an end, indicating that people could not continue to complain, yet nothing was being done. “A quarry company called Gold Tiger [Quarry], and so 18 people have been...

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