STEEK NOG ‘N MYNVELD VAN ONGERYMDHEDE SY KOP UIT IN DIE WESKUS? Terwyl Weskussers nog steier onder die ongerymdhede en besoedeling van Mike Nunn se omstrede KROPZ-fosfaatmyn, blyk dit dat dit ‘n geval is van “nog is het einde niet”.[…]
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Category: Munisipale Sake
Vat onwettige, skelm agente só vas – vinnig en maklik
Dis nie net die publiek wat ontstig is oor die ernstige wanpraktyke in die eiendomsbedryf deur ongeregistreerde “agente” en agentskappe wat oneties optree en die hele bedryf groot skade berokken nie. Professionele agentskappe en betroubare agente is ewe bekommerd oor[…]
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Elandsfontein, O Elandsfontein . . . en die sage duur voort terwyl die akwifers gemelk word . . .
Meer as ‘n jaar nadat weskusonTheline gewaarsku het teen die gevare wat Mike Nunn se omstrede fosfaatmynplanne vir die waterskaars Weskus inhou (skakels onderaan), is dié gewraakte multi-miljardrand projek onbepaald gestaak (glo oor swak fosfaatpryse) – nadat ‘n reuse-gebied in[…]
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AT LAST – SBM’S PROPOSED NEW VISIONARY MUNICIPAL MANAGER MAY JUST BE THE DRIVING FORCE NEEDED TO SAVE THE BAY!
He is widely acclaimed and respected for his vision and accomplishments, highly qualified and an unbiased “inkommer” to the West Coast whose proposed appointment as Municipal Manager is based on competence and not political influences. Dr Pierre Voges may just be[…]
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Worst Water Crisis in over a Century maybe a long overdue WAKE-UP CALL to repriotise funding . .
While the West Coast and the entire Western Cape is crippled by the worst drought since 1904, it is maybe the catalyst that was needed to force the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) to reconsider its priorities and make[…]
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West Coast lovers will have to unite and fight themselves against politicians and corruption threatening the region
While the critical drought in the Western Cape / West Coast is forcing the Powers That Be to take desperate measures to prevent a disaster, it has become obvious that communities and citizenry will have to unite and fight back[…]
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Mussel & Fish Farming in Langebaan Lagoon : Latest Update
The following letter by the group Save Langebaan Lagoon is the latest in the fight against the proposed “fish farms” in the Saldanha Bay harbour area: Hi Everyone Our fight against aquaculture development in the Langebaan Lagoon is only just[…]
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Weskus-rusoorde sluit weens waterkrisis, maar omstrede KROPZ-myn kry waterlisensie?
“Dis ‘n tragedie – ons gaan appelleer!” Só het Carika van Zyl van die Weskus-Omgewingsbewaringsassosiasie (WOBA) gister gereageer op die omstrede en geheimsinnige wyse waarop ‘n geïntegreerde watergebruiklisensie net voor Paasnaweek aan die omstrede KROPZ-fosfaatmyn toegeken is. Die gewraakte lisensie[…]
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WAS Water Use Licence granted to KROPZ . . . ? WHEN? Over Easter Weekend . . . ?
Persistent rumours that the KROPZ/Elandsfontein mine finally DID get its long-awaited integrated water use licence (WUL) could not be confirmed yet. IF the rumour is in fact TRUE, one cannot help wondering WHEN the licence was granted . . .[…]
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AFRICAN BATTERY FACTORY to produce 200 GWh lithium-ion batteries p.a. off Saldanha
A battery production and recycling factory – to be called AFRICAN BATTERY FACTORY – and producing lithium-ion batteries for hybrid electric vehicles, might soon arise on a 450 ha stretch of the farm Langeberg some 9 km from the Port[…]
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