30 November 2014 Dr Ian Player, goodbye dear friend of Wilderness

Dear All Our much-loved friend, colleague, mentor, legend, hero, passed away very peacefully awhile ago. Ann and the family are relieved that Ian’s Spirit has found release and that he is re-united with those who have gone before him. This morning Ken Tinley sent the following quote from African Wisdom; …

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“You are no longer alone in your struggle”

By Sheila Berry Support from Grrrowd for our campaign to stop the planned coalmine right on the border of the pristine iMfolozi Wilderness, started with the exchange of a few emails from strangers. Within a week or two it was like being part of a family….Read more

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Save our Rhino from coal mining pollution in iMfolozi

Dear Friends and Wilderness supporters Please join us to prevent the Fuleni open cast coal mine destroying the iMfolozi Wilderness Area, a sanctuary for endangered rhinos. iMfolozi is the oldest protected area in Africa and has the largest concentration of rhino in South Africa. iMfolozi was established in 1895 as…

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PRESS RELEASE DR IAN PLAYER 26 NOVEMBER 2014

  Dr Ian Player, legendary nature conservationist credited with saving the White Rhino from extinction, suffered a serious stroke with complications on Thursday morning, 20th November 2014. He is comfortably at home in the Karkloof, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where he is supported by his wife, Ann, and immediate family members.…

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Save our iMfolozi Wilderness entered for South African Blog Awards 2014

The Save our iMfolozi Wilderness website has been entered for the South African Blog Awards 2014 in the Environment category. The public vote phase will run from Tuesday, 25 November 2014 until Wednesday, 31st December 2014 at 23:59. To register your vote please click on the badge below or in…

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COMMUNITY AND WILDERNESS ALLIANCE NEWSLETTER & UPDATE

  Friday, 14 November 2014 Greetings friends and wilderness supporters This update is being written a few days after the devastating news of Tim Condon’s death, on Sunday, 9 November. Since the very first day of the Save Our iMfolozi Wilderness campaign, Tim has been its strongest on-line support and…

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Community exchange visit: Fuleni to Somkhele

By Sifiso Dladla Sunday, the 19th of October 2014 will go down in the history books of the Global Environmental Trust, Save Our Imfolozi Wilderness Campaign, Community and Wilderness Alliance and all stakeholders involved in preventing the proposed mine in the Fuleni reserve as the turning point because indeed it…

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Save rhinos from new polluting coal mine

This content is from Grrrowd The greatest concentration of rhinos in South Africa and the health of its rural citizens are under threat. Mining company Ibutho Coal has put in an application to mine coal on the border of the pristine iMfolozi Wilderness Area, part of the last 1% of…

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Kontakion to dear departed Tim Condon

By Sheila Berry The news that Tim Condon passed away yesterday, in Canada, brought a great sense of loss and a wave of sadness that South Africa, particularly Zululand, has been robbed of such a stalwart champion of the environment and a relentless campaigner for conservation. It was with a…

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