On the minute News in the Weskus
The Cape Party has forcefully entered the national drought crisis and is making an urgent appeal to skilled professionals and businesses – locally and abroad – to provide proposals for sustainable water supplying projects to be funded by the Government.[…]
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As the epic fight against the “illegal” Elandsfontein/KROPZ phosphate mine on the border of the West Coast National Park continuous, both the Minister and Director General of the Department of Water and Sanitation has indicated that they support the High[…]
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First it was tanzanite mining king Mike Nunn’s controversial Elandsfontein Exploration and Mining (EEM) company that applied for mining rights to access the sedimentary phosphate on a piece of farmland adjacent to the West Coast National Park. No sooner did[…]
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WATER, WATER all around . . . not a drop to drink . . . The West Coast Environmental Protection Association (WCEPA) responded as follows to a media release issued by Kropz Elandsfontein (Pty) Ltd on 8 September 2017[…]
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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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The quest to save the unique Langebaan Lagoon from an avalanche of risky industrial developments such as a controversial phosphate mine and a huge aqua-farming development has become a tenacious and interesting tug-of-war between industrialization and nature conservation . .[…]
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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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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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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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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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