Save our iMfolozi Wilderness

Wilderness

May 13, 2014 January 25, 20160

By Ian McCallum

Please sign our petition and say NO to the Fuleni Anthracite project.

Take a look at our Action page to see what else you may do.

Submission by the Wilderness Alliance

May 13, 2014 February 5, 20160

WILDERNESS ALLIANCE P. O. Box 53058 Yellowwood Park 4011 Email: saveourwilderness@gmail.com Tel. contact no: Contact person: Sheila Berry Date: 12 May 2014 To: IDM Consultants For Attention: Karl Wiggishof Re: Fuleni Anthracite Project, Ibutho Coal (Pty) Ltd.- DMR REFERENCE: KZN 30/5/1/2/1/10045 MR Please register the Wilderness Alliance as an I&AP.…

More comment from the public

May 12, 2014 May 12, 20141

This objection appeared in the comments: My husband, family and I wish to submit the strongest possible objection to the application to open an opencast strip mine operation in the Imfolozi Wilderness Reserve. The idea of desecrating an animal sanctuary and wilderness area which has become an exceptionally important and…

Global Outrage at iMfolozi Mining Plan

May 8, 2014 January 25, 20160

This article appeared in the Daily News on Thursday,8 May 2014 By Vivien van der Sandt Conservationists opposing the plan to establish a 20km-long, partly open-cast anthracite mine within metres of the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi game park, have called on the Department of Mineral Resources minister to halt the application immediately, even before…

Comment from a Wilderness guide

May 8, 2014 January 25, 20160

Dear Karl, Will you please register me as an Interested and Affected Party for the abovementioned project? I would also like to object to the mining taking place. In principle I object for the same reasons as the Gaia Foundation (document attached). However, I would like to make a specific…

Criminal tamed by wild trip

May 7, 2014 January 25, 20160

By Myrtle Ryan Vusi Jali still has bullets in his body, a relic of his life of violence, but a recent wilderness encounter has seen him turning his back on crime. Jali’s transformation could be attributed in part to a non-violent man of books. Librarian Hector Mgobhozi selected him…

To the miners of Anthracite on the boundary of iMfolozi game reserve

May 5, 2014 May 5, 20141

By John Roff To the miners of Anthracite on the boundary of iMfolozi game reserve It is not just that you have fouled the rural beauty of the homes of generations, It is not just that you have disturbed the resting place of ancestors whose stories are woven with…

Period for comment on scoping phase extended to 12 May

May 5, 2014 May 5, 20140

The public participation consultants have granted our request to extend the comment period on the scoping phase. The period has been extended until the 12 May 2014. Please note that this is the scoping phase. This is an opportunity to bring up issues which need to be included in the…

Centre For Environmental Rights - new publication on environmental rights and mining

May 5, 2014 May 5, 20140

The Centre for Environmental Rights has published a new resource, Mining and your Community: Know your Environmental Rights.

Draft scoping report and Appendix 1- Public participation summary record

May 4, 2014 May 4, 20140

The Fuleni draft scoping report and its Appendix 1 public participation record have been added to the documents page. Please follow the links to view or download. Please read these documents and send in your comments. The contact details are in the document but I will add them below. The…