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New Year resolution for our iMfolozi Wilderness

December 30, 2014 December 30, 2014

By Sheila Berry Most people, around this time of the year, think about introducing some positive changes into their lives with the start of the New Year, even if they don’t go so far as to formalise any New Year’s resolutions. Invariably these are associated with getting our bodies back…

May Peace on Earth Continue

December 23, 2014 December 23, 2014

By Sheila Berry The festive season is traditionally a time of peace and goodwill. A time of joy and thanksgiving. Of families coming together to celebrate in the quiet of their homes. If Ibutho Coal is to have its way, this is the last peaceful Christmas in 31 years for…

Open letter to the Minister of Mineral Resources

December 18, 2014 December 18, 2014

17 December 2014 Department of Mineral Resources Minister: Adv Ngoako Ramatlhodi Dear Minister Honouring Dr Ian Player’s Legacy by Securing the iMfolozi Wilderness Area The announcement of the death of legendary conservationist, Dr Ian Player, on 30 November 2014, resulted in accolades pouring in from people worldwide. President Jacob Zuma…

Rewilding: A poem by Ian McCallum

December 16, 2014 January 25, 2016

REWILDING Awake … I am both predator and prey, every sense pricked to the signals of danger, meat, fertility and homecoming. Alert … I know about narrow escapes. I have learned from my scars the art of rewilding … to see before I’m seen and to listen. Every shadow is…

Images of iMfolozi

November 28, 2014 November 28, 2014

This gallery contains 3 photos.

All Photo’s courtesy of Sally Jackson

Save our Rhino from coal mining pollution in iMfolozi

November 26, 2014 November 26, 2014

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…

Save our iMfolozi Wilderness entered for South African Blog Awards 2014

November 24, 2014 November 24, 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…

COMMUNITY AND WILDERNESS ALLIANCE NEWSLETTER & UPDATE

November 24, 2014 November 24, 2014

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…

Community exchange visit: Fuleni to Somkhele

November 19, 2014 November 19, 2014

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…

Impact study for proposed coal mine rejected

October 17, 2014 February 5, 2016

This article appeared in the Witness on 17 October 2014 By Elise Tempelhoff THE KwaZulu-Natal department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs has rejected the impact study for the proposed Fuleni coal mine. The mine is mooted on the border of the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi nature reserves. Spokesperson for the Save…

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