Monthly Archives: July 2014

Mining firm asked to name its backers

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ibutho challenged This article appeared in the Mercury. By Tony Carnie THE names of all the beneficiaries and funders of a major new coal mine next to Imfolozi Game Reserve must be made public immediately, because public assets are at stake. This is the view of Jeremy Ridl, Durban environmental…

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The Guardian: Mining poses new threat to world’s greatest rhino sanctuary

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Plans for an opencast coalmine on the boundary of South Africa’s Hluhluwe-Imfolozi reserve could pave the way for even greater poaching and pollution The surface of a pool near the Imfolozi river ripples as a white rhino, its young calf close by, lowers its mouth to drink. Rhinos have roamed…

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Final Scoping report available

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Yesterday afternoon a notification was sent out informing IAPs of the availability of the final Fuleni Scoping Report for the proposed open cast coal mine on the southern boundary of the iMfolozi Wilderness Area. The email was sent by Mrs Lizinda Dickson, Public Participation Manager for Naledi Consultants, in…

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Coalition launches latest salvo in battle to stop iMfolozi coal mine

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  Minister urged to end â€?mining as usual’ and prevent â€?land grab’ following unlawful prospecting process   Johannesburg – With opposition to a proposed coal mine on the border of the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi park gathering pace, a coalition of community and conservation groups has written to the Minister of Mineral Resources,…

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