The AmaDiba community, which won a presidential award for its community-run tourism operations, plans to relaunch the facilities after a decade of threatened titanium mining left them lying idle.
But in the last month, Zamokwakhe “Basheen” Qunya, the tourism officer of the Mbizana Municipality and a former representative of the mining company, has twice attempted to stop the new operators of Mtentu River Lodge from renovating the facility on behalf of the community-owned Accoda Trust.
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Posted on July 22nd, 2011 by Louis
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Australian junior mining group Mineral Commodities (MRC) whose licence for the controversial Xolobeni mineral sands project was revoked in May, still hopes to mine titanium on the Wild Coast with its empowerment partner Xolobeni Empowerment Company.
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Posted on July 20th, 2011 by Louis
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(Independent Newspapers)
Mining Minister Susan Shabangu has pulled the plug on the Wild Coast dune mining venture by an Australian-based company after strong opposition from local community, tourism and environmental groups.
It also emerged yesterday that John Barnes, general manager of the South African mining operations, had resigned.
However, Shabangu appears to have left the door open to the Australians and local empowerment partners to have a second bite at the cherry. Though she has revoked the mining licence with immediate effect, she has asked them to submit further documents and information within three months so that she can make a final decision.
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Posted on June 8th, 2011 by Louis
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Advocate Thuli Madonsela, South Africa’s Public Protector has received a complaint from the Amadiba Crisis Committee (ACC) representing residents from the Eastern Cape’s Wild Coast, because of the failure of the Director General of Mineral Resources, Sandile Nogcina to honour commitments made to bring closure on the Xolobeni Mining Rights controversy.
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Posted on June 3rd, 2011 by Louis
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A DECISION by Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu is imminent on an appeal to stop her granting rights to mine titanium from sand dunes along a pristine stretch of the Wild Coast.
In a written reply to a parliamentary question, tabled on Monday, Shabangu declined to make public the findings of an earlier environmental impact assessment (EIA) into the plans of Transworld Energy Mineral Resources to mine the heavy mineral.
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Posted on May 10th, 2011 by Louis
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MINERAL Resources’ Minister Susan Shabangu has told Pondoland opponents of a titanium dune mining project that she needs another month to consider their appeal against the Xolobeni coastal dune mining project. Shabangu had been scheduled to announce this week her decision on the appeal by the Amadiba Crisis Committee, which is based on the alleged failure of the applicant mining company to properly consult on the project with either residents of the area or the king and queen of Pondoland.
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Posted on April 1st, 2011 by Louis
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Issued by Kibao Communications
On behalf of Amadiba Crisis Committee
Further info:
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu has failed to make a decision on the appeal against the nining right granted to Australian junior mining company Mineral Resources Commodities mto mine the dunes at Xolobeni on the Wild Coast. She was due to speak on the controversial project on March 25, over two and a half years after the Amadiba Community threatened to take the Minister to Court to stop the mining project that has since 2003 become an ever more menacing threat to the unique biodiversity of the Wild Coast and traditional way of life of the amaMpondo.
Speaking on behalf of the Amadiba Crisis Commitee which appealed the decision to allow mining, Sinegugu Zakhulu said “We cannot imagine what is causing her indecision on the matter. The Human Rights Commission as far back in 2007 was critical of the mining proposal, and even a special task team of the Mineral Resources Board, which was chaired by Patakile Holomisa, found glaring shortcomings in the mining rights application, including evidence that the traditional leadership, which includes the Chief and the King of amaMpondo were never consulted. This is apart from all the problems the task team found, with the water permits that had not been applied for, and the overwhelmingly negative long term environmental and economic impacts.
This is totally unacceptable because it is not only the mining which is ‘on hold’ but the revival of eco-tourism that is on hold, with all its job
creation potential”.
Posted on March 30th, 2011 by Louis
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