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  1. Would you pay R30,000 for this view?

    ... There's been this moratorium on any and all developments along the Wild Coast for the past 13 years - apart from Incopho ... need to applaud the people on the Wild coast in particular Pondoland for keeping this area as pristine as it is and leave it just like ...

    Jeff Brown - 14/12/2018 - 21:43 - 65 comments

  2. Terrestrial Environment

    ... river gorges and fewer sandy beaches, is congruent with the Pondoland Centre of Endemism (PC), a local endemic focus of the MPR (van Wyk & ... and ill-planned agricultural expansion, illegal cottage developments and associated impacts, proliferation of alien invasives, illegal ...

    Jeff Brown - 25/01/2018 - 16:04 - 4 comments

  3. The Wild Coast

    ... forest. There is no sign anywhere of mock Tuscan gated developments, of strip malls or the blanket sugar estates so ubiquitous ... Development, for the people of Pondoland, does not depend solely on the N2 toll road passing through the ...

    Jeff Brown - 25/09/2017 - 07:29 - 5 comments

  4. Yale Environment 360 article about Xolobeni conflict

    ... Rhadebe has not stopped communities in South Africa’s Pondoland region from opposing plans for a major titanium mine. What’s at ... sure the mining takes place,’ Mbuthuma says. These developments led some outside observers to believe that the community had won a ...

    Jeff Brown - 14/03/2017 - 09:31 - 0 comments

  5. The Wild Coast is a magical unspoiled South African wilderness. Are you in favour of the proposed toll road along the Wild Coast?

    ... 'Mlungu' (someone who truly has the best interests of the Pondoland people and the Eastern Cape at heart) reply ... attractions, casinos, big business, restaurants, housing developments etc. and pretty soon it will be just the same as any other piece ...

    Jeff Brown - 26/10/2016 - 14:27 - 0 comments

  6. N2 Toll road decision

    ... N2 tollroad through the environmentally sensitive Pondoland Centre of Endemism. In a 21 page fax sent out to IAPs she ... consider because it would be based on only "potential future developments" and were dismissed.   A major concern addressed by numerous ...

    Jeff Brown - 26/10/2016 - 11:58 - 4 comments

  7. Awesome SA: Screw Business as Usual

    ... on assisting traditional rural communities living along Pondoland's Wild Coast, in the northern coastal regions of the former Transkei ... coverage of topics concerning the area. Two recent developments causing much concern for local people are ongoing proposals to ...

    Jeff Brown - 20/10/2016 - 12:49 - 1 comment

  8. Benefits of the N2 toll road?

    ... This included the toll road and the establishment of the Pondoland National Park. Since roads are the catalyst for development, the ... tourists per annum - 1 400 000 Projected new room developments - 784 Positive economic impact as a result of increased ...

    Jeff Brown - 16/10/2016 - 11:17 - 0 comments

  9. Transkei gladiolus

    ... Gladiolus oppositiflorus is a representative from the Pondoland Centre of Plant Endemism (PCE), located in a small area between the ... dune mineral mining, overgrazing, illegal holiday cottage developments and a proposed toll road connecting Durban and East London which ...

    Jeff Brown - 10/10/2016 - 13:15 - 0 comments

  10. Best Backpackers - Eastern Cape & Wild Coast

    ... getaway overlooks a river mouth in the subtropical Pondoland section of the Wild Coast. Ecological features include solar-powered ... of tourism in this area threatened by mining and highway developments, and many locals from the village of Tswelleni (onion in the Pondo ...

    Jeff Brown - 16/09/2016 - 09:34 - 0 comments