Date: 11 September 2022
Parent company:
Jagersfontein Developments (Pty) Ltd (then part of Superkolong Consortium) Acquired the site: in 2010 from De Beers.
In April 2022, Jagersfontein Developments (Pty) Ltd became part of Stargems Group, Dubai.
Current ownership is disputed.
Ore type: diamond (recovery by the processing of old spoil heaps)
Type of Incident: tailings dam failure
Impacts: The mud wave (up to 1.5 km wide) travelled approx. 8.5 km, sweeping away and destroying 51 houses and affecting another 103, sweeping away cars, disrupting power lines, killing two persons, injuring another 76, and displacing more than 300. One person is still missing. At least 500 animals have died. The mud then entered Wolwas Dam, then Prosesspruit, a tributary to Rietrivier, which flows into Kalkfontein Dam, located in a Nature Reserve.
