. Cracks on houses as a result of blasting in the mines. The mines were made aware of this issue and they sent people to take pictures of damaged houses. It is alleged that nothing has happened since then. . It was alleged that Modikwa Platinum mine has been in operation for almost 10 years but only constructed the road recently and the road was already reported to be full of potholes. . Lack of community amenities such as the library was mentioned as evidence of lack of compliance to the Social and Labour Plans (SLP). . The Maandagshoek community complained about the lack of assistance from the municipality regarding their complaints. . The authority of mine security was reported to override the South African Police Service's authority at Smokey Hills mine. . Smokey Hills mine's dismissal of 600 employees without allegedly following proper procedures in terms of the labour law. . The Smokey Hills Platinum mine was suspected of operating without a mining licence and was accused of disrespecting the traditional leaders. . The community member complained of being recruited by the Smokey Hills mine to register a company so as to do business with the mine but there has been no progress since then. . The Modikwa mine was accused of using the traditional leaders as buffers between it and the communities. . The Maandagshoek Community that the trenches were dug to lay down water pipes but there has been no progress. The community reported that it still does not have portable water.