On the minute News in the Weskus
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[…]
Read more
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[…]
Read more
“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[…]
Read more
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 . . .[…]
Read more
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[…]
Read more
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[…]
Read more
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[…]
Read more
LANGEBAAN MARCH AGAINST ZUMA There’s hardly a prettier place to hold a peaceful mass demonstration than the Langebaan Lagoon . . . and it was a beautiful sight when close to 1 000 Langebaners united this morning at 11:00 in[…]
Read more
Cape Town’s taps could really run dry 2017-04-04 06:30 Melanie Gosling, GroundUp Theewaterskloof dam is shown in January. It is one of the mayor dams supplying water to Cape Town. (Supplied) 100 days of water left in Cape Town dams,[…]
Read more
Terwyl die land saamstaan en spiere bult om president Jacob Zuma te onttroon, is daar ander bedreigings wat niks met Zuma en sy trawante te doen het nie wat die Weskus in die gesig staar. Die 500-hektaar Elandsfontein private natuurreservaat[…]
Read more