On 13 August, at precisely 5.39pm, the Inyoni tailings storage facility, part of the Dikwena Chrome plant complex at Samancor’s WCM Mine, east of Brits, burst its seams, unleashing a toxic slurry of sludge across the landscape. There were thankfully no fatalities and only one reported injury.
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