Johannesburg suffocates in shadow of mine dumps: Johannesburg suffocates in shadow of mine dumps: “Look at my spinach. That is the sand from the mine. The yellow one in the soil-it's destroying everything,” said Thabo Ngubane as he tended his small allotment in Soweto. An impoverished South African township takes wing with help from the Bird Man: Today, the … [Read more...] about Johannesburg suffocates in shadow of mine dumps