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  • Dredging a path out of poverty

    The proposed dune mining project on South Africa’s Wild Coast appears to have been put on hold for the moment but, in the meantime, another mineral sands project, this time in Madagascar, is about to start producing ilmenite. Similar concerns have been raised over environmental and social issues on both projects, where authorities are opting for mining investment as a way to alleviate poverty.

  • How to be a predator-friendly carnivore and other news briefs

    Guide to leopard-friendly farming: Sharing is caring, but when it comes to livestock farming, we humans tend to prefer not to share our sheep and cows with other meat-lovers like leopards, caracals, jackals, eagles and vultures. In fact, farmers have been known to use pretty brutal ways to keep these other predators off their property, […]

  • Glimmer of hope for Xolobeni

    The mining licence to extract titanium from the coastal dunes of the Xolobeni area of the Wild Coast will not come into effect on October 31 as originally scheduled, the Sunday Tribune (subscription) reports. The minister of minerals and energy Buyelwa Sonjica, sent a letter to that effect to the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), which […]

  • Xolobeni community lawyers issue ultimatum

    The legal representative of the Xolobeni community has this week written a letter to the minister of minerals and energy, Buyelwa Sonjica, stating that she has until October 1 to withdraw or suspend the mining licence issued to Australian company Mineral Resources Commodities (MRC) and its South African partner, Transworld Energy and Minerals (TEM), or […]

  • Xolobeni: Consultation process was flawed, says minister

    The minister of minerals and energy, Bujelwa Sonjica, said on Friday that the consultation process for the Xolobeni dune mining project on the Wild Coast was “flawed”, the Sunday Tribune and the Daily Dispatch report.

  • Petition to stop mining of Xolobeni beaches

    An online petition has been organised to call on the minister of minerals and energy to reject the application of an Australian mining company to mine the coastal dunes in the Xolobeni area of the Wild Coast. The minister is scheduled to sign the mining licence and environmental management plan on October 31. The petition […]

  • Xolobeni community starts legal appeal

    A notice of appeal has been filed on behalf of the Amadiba Crisis Committee, a group of residents in the Xolobeni area of the Wild Coast opposed to a proposed coastal dune mining project, Mining Weekly reports. The minister of minerals and energy reportedly has until October 1 to respond, after which the group may […]

  • Update: Tensions rise over proposed titanium mine

    Calls have been made for urgent intervention to prevent violent conflict in the Xolobeni area of the Wild Coast, where a licence has been granted to an Australian company to mine the dunes for titanium. [IOL]

  • Wild Coast community decides to go to court over mining

    Community members who live in the area of the Wild Coast where the proposed mining of coastal dunes will take place have asked human rights attorney Richard Spoor to bring a High Court application setting aside the awarding of the mining licence, The Tribune reported yesterday. The licence was awarded by the department of minerals and […]

  • Xolobeni update: minerals department meets communities

    The department of minerals and energy has decided to hold more meetings with the communities affected by the proposed mining operations in the Xolobeni area of the Wild Coast after the minister’s visit on August 15, reports Mining Weekly. Bheki Khumalo, the department’s spokesman, was quoted in the report as saying, “With a thing like […]