The Draft EIA and EMP for the Fuleni Coal Mine on the boundary of the iMfolozi Wilderness area was released on 1 June 2015. Naledi Consultants have given the final date for the submission of comments as 3rd August 2015 The draft EIA documents are available for viewing and download…
An attempt by Ibutho Coal and its consultants to piggy-back on a municipal gathering on the morning of 20 May 2015, to open a new crèche in Novunula, was thwarted when angry residents threatened to disrupt the event unless Ibutho Coal was told to leave. The Mfolozi municipal officials…
FULENI COMMUNITIES TELL IBUTHO COAL DIRECTORS TO GO AND NOT RETURN Over a thousand vocal Fuleni residents gathered at Ntuthunga 2, yesterday, Sunday, 17 May 2015, at 10h00, for a meeting called by Ibutho Coal to present information about the EIA report. The reason given for the meeting was that…
By Sheila Berry Registered stakeholders received notification on Friday, 17 April 2015, from Lizinda Dickson of Naledi Development Restructured (Pty) Ltd that the Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (EDTEA) has accepted the amended Final Scoping Report for the Fuleni open cast coal mine on the edge of…
On Wednesday, 18 March 2015, GET’s lawyer, Kirsten Youens, had tea with Nobel Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in Cape Town. It has been her lifelong ambition to meet in person this man whose name is synonymous with honesty and integrity and who is not afraid to speak out against…
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On 3 March 2015, the amended Final Scoping Report for the Fuleni Anthracite Project was made available to us. The Scoping Report is, once again, lacking in many respects. These aspects will be dealt with in a letter sent to the Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, KZN…
Within minutes of Lizinda Dickson of Naledi Development sending out the notification yesterday (3 March 20130) of the availability of the amended Fuleni Scoping Report, interested and affected parties were picking holes in it and finding disturbing anomalies and misrepresentations. “Our team of experts started scrutinizing the report as soon…
Compiled by Sifiso Dladla: CHOOSING KZN DELEGATES FOR WOMEN’S REGIONAL EXCHANGE (07 JANUARY 2015) Another platform for women to meet and discuss their issues, whilst devising a concomitant strategy that will result in robust action, was created through a meeting held in Ocilwane community hall in Fuleni. This once again…
It has just been announced that we have been awarded Runner up in the category of Best Environmental Blog in the 2014 South African Blog Awards.
