By Vivien van der Sandt This article appeared in the Daily News on Monday, 30 June 2014. A NORTHERN KwaZulu-Natal community that faces being uprooted if a proposed coal mine is approved have said their neighbours’ bitter experience with a mining company had largely influenced their decision to oppose…
By Christa van der Walt This article appeared in the Zululand Fever on the 25 June 2014. OVER 47 000 people have already signed the AVAAZ online petition against the proposed Fuleni coal mine adjacent to the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi game reserve. In addition, well over 100 registered Interested and Affected…
by Lisa Chamberlain SOUTH Africa’s troubled mining industry loomed large in President Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation address last week, as it should have. Notably, Zuma announced the formation of an interministerial committee on the revitalisation of distressed mining communities under the leadership of the Minister in the Presidency…
This SABC Fokus was aired on SABC 2 on Sunday 8 June.
This article appeared in the Mercury on 10 June. By Tony Carnie NEWLY-appointed mining minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi has been urged to stop the controversial plan to blast for coal on the border of Africa’s oldest game reserve and wilderness area. The Wildlife and Environment Society was responding to proposals by…
