Three disturbing photos . . . sad realities that can change life along the West Coast forever . . . Firstly, an excerpt from the notorious and secret integrated water use licence agreement (WULA) granted to the EEM/KROPZ phosphate mine[…]
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Category: Omgewingsake
Departement van Water en Sanitasie se hantering van W-Kaapse waterkrisis laat wenkbroue lig . . .
600 plase in W-Kaap hoor hulle kry nie meer water ABRIE BURGER ‘Die liewe Vader gaan sorg.’ Tot 600 plase langs die oewer van die Bergrivier – wat van Franschhoek tot Velddrif langs die Weskus vloei – word geraak deur[…]
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TORMIN MINE: Environmental attorneys / activist defy mining company’s bully tactics and costly lawsuit
Three female environmentalists – two Cape Town lawyers and a West Coast community activist – have been slapped with a costly lawsuit for defamation after publicly speaking up against the notorious Tormin mine near Lutzville. Melissa Fourie, Executive Director of[…]
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WESKUS-WEELDE EN WONDERS . . . HELP BEWAAR DIT?
Dit het heerlik gereën (en selfs plek-plek gehael), die snoek lóóp en die Weskus bly ‘n woeste, wonderlike plek waar die natuur nog koning kraai! Glenn Whittaker van St Helenabaai het Dinsdag dié snoekfoto’s geneem waar snoek vir R31 stuk[…]
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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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AQUA FARMING: FIGHT TO PROTECT LANGEBAAN LAGOON GATHERS MOMENTUM
While Easter visitors are enjoying the beautiful weather and pristine nature along the West Coast, a small group of concerned residents and nature lovers are fighting non-stop to preserve and protect the area from exploitation and thoughtless developments that could[…]
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KROPZ missed start-up date for mining while awaiting water and air emission licences and amidst growing concern from ecologists
Kropz to miss March start-up date for Elandsfontein mine By David McKay – March 27, 2017 Michelle Lawrence, CEO, Kropz WHEN last we left Kropz, a company in which Patrice Motsepe’s African Rainbow Capital has shares, it was targeting March[…]
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