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

    ... of existing cottages, 3) they claim that there is an air-strip at nearby Coffee Bay whereas the short strip at Maphuzi golf course has ... entities have obvious links to diamonds such as Pure Africa Mining Ltd. Others don’t. There’s Pure Africa Sustainable Development Fund, ...

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

  2. The Wild Coast

    ... is no sign anywhere of mock Tuscan gated developments, of strip malls or the blanket sugar estates so ubiquitous throughout the region. ... property development and more highway construction and strip mining. The controversy in the first instances involves the extension of the ...

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

  3. Yale Environment 360 article about Xolobeni conflict

    ... blog 480 reads How a Proposed Strip Mine Brought Conflict to South Africa’s Wild Coast  ( E360.Yale.Edu ... community organization campaigning to prevent an Australian mining company from strip-mining their sand dunes for titanium, one of the ...

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

  4. Land Rights and how it may pan out for titanium

    ... in 2014, would have empowered traditional leaders to strip anyone within their tribal boundaries of customary rights, including land ... Xolobeni on the Wild Coast can be the director of the local mining company and at the same time claim the sole authority to represent ...

    Jeff Brown - 01/12/2016 - 19:40 - 0 comments

  5. The Times' Ben Travato takes on the sand...

    ... to do with and I, for one, would far rather visit a titanium strip mine than a stupid lagoon and a bunch of dumb trees. After being forced ... providing them with all the benefits that an international mining company brings to an area. Obviously, there will be free programmes to ...

    Jeff Brown - 23/10/2016 - 15:34 - 1 comment

  6. Transkei Dead's Nod to Dune Deal

    ... by the Department of Mineral Resources to allow titanium mining on the environmentally sensitive Wild Coast. If proved, the ... The department's decision to allow mining on a 22km strip containing more species than in the UK sparked an international outcry. ...

    Jeff Brown - 16/10/2016 - 12:38 - 0 comments

  7. Petition against strip mining on the Wild Coast!

    ... this petition: www.swc.org.za/petition.pdf WHY MINING THE WILD COAST IS A VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS By John G.I. Clarke The ...

    Jeff Brown - 16/10/2016 - 12:35 - 4 comments

  8. Beware of miners bearing gifts

    The following information "The Mining Debate" is a chronology of events showing the protests by the Wavecrest ... have to be kept indoors. Nor does any town along the Wild Coast. Our nation is supposed to be able to market a healthy environment ... information again shows that unfortunately those who want to strip South Africa of her natural resources follow a pattern - attempting to ...

    Jeff Brown - 15/09/2016 - 12:50 - 0 comments

  9. One step nearer for N2 Wild Coast road

    ... that the real reason is to provide road access to the strip mining at Xolobeni. The raw minerals will be transported to, and beneficiated ...

    Jeff Brown - 15/09/2016 - 12:15 - 1 comment

  10. The road to hell is paved with good intentions?

    ... their forefathers. They had also vigorously resisted the mining of a 23km strip of land in Xolobeni, with threats to go to court to stop it with a human ...

    Jeff Brown - 15/09/2016 - 12:15 - 0 comments