Comments for SWC ~ Sustaining the Wild Coast ~ http://www.swc.org.za Sustaining and Saving the Wild Coast Thu, 05 May 2011 10:49:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on AMADIBA COMMUNITIES MILITANT IN OPPOSITION TO WILD COAST MINING by Abe Ntlatleng http://www.swc.org.za/amadiba-communities-militant-in-opposition-to-wild-coast-mining.htm/comment-page-1#comment-34532 Abe Ntlatleng Thu, 05 May 2011 10:49:24 +0000 http://www.swc.org.za/amadiba-communities-militant-in-opposition-to-wild-coast-mining.htm#comment-34532 Good day. I hope you are all well. This is yet another follow-up on my yet to be answered emails and messages. Please advise if you still see a need for me to assist in your endeavours to promote your area as a destination for eco-tourism and discourage dune mining. I await your feedback with great anticipation. Good day. I hope you are all well. This is yet another follow-up on my yet to be answered emails and messages. Please advise if you still see a need for me to assist in your endeavours to promote your area as a destination for eco-tourism and discourage dune mining.

I await your feedback with great anticipation.

]]> Comment on PONDOLAND’S LONG WALK FOR FREEDOM by Gavin Heron http://www.swc.org.za/pondoland%e2%80%99s-long-walk-for-freedom.htm/comment-page-1#comment-32900 Gavin Heron Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:43:21 +0000 http://www.swc.org.za/pondoland%e2%80%99s-long-walk-for-freedom.htm#comment-32900 Totally support this initiative. Why is our country not protecting our environment? And again, like Mapungubwe, this is an Australian mining company: Mineral Commodities Ltd (MRC, ASX). Also lots of allegations of traditional leaders simply being ignored and run over by the mining companies and government. Totally support this initiative. Why is our country not protecting our environment? And again, like Mapungubwe, this is an Australian mining company: Mineral Commodities Ltd (MRC, ASX). Also lots of allegations of traditional leaders simply being ignored and run over by the mining companies and government.

]]> Comment on AMADIBA COMMUNITIES MILITANT IN OPPOSITION TO WILD COAST MINING by Abe Ntlatleng http://www.swc.org.za/amadiba-communities-militant-in-opposition-to-wild-coast-mining.htm/comment-page-1#comment-30683 Abe Ntlatleng Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:15:09 +0000 http://www.swc.org.za/amadiba-communities-militant-in-opposition-to-wild-coast-mining.htm#comment-30683 Hi, I am following up on your progress with regards to the development of the Wild Coast conservation and eco-tourism. I hope that the idea of dune mining was abandoned. Hi,

I am following up on your progress with regards to the development of the Wild Coast conservation and eco-tourism. I hope that the idea of dune mining was abandoned.

]]> Comment on Shabangu to decide fate of Xolobeni in next 30 days by mlungisi hendry jali http://www.swc.org.za/shabangu-to-decide-fate-of-xolobeni-in-next-30-days.htm/comment-page-1#comment-30514 mlungisi hendry jali Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:59:07 +0000 http://www.swc.org.za/?p=643#comment-30514 please take care of some guyz because they want to benefit for themselves ,since they see that community level of litracy is very low .so they take mining as a opportunity to fulfill their needs of their family without concerning the needs of the community as whole also without evaluating the effects of mining both negative and positive on our environment. please take care of some guyz because they want to benefit for themselves ,since they see that community level of litracy is very low .so they take mining as a opportunity to fulfill their needs of their family without concerning the needs of the community as whole also without evaluating the effects of mining both negative and positive on our environment.

]]> Comment on Shabangu to decide fate of Xolobeni in next 30 days by mlungisi hendry jali http://www.swc.org.za/shabangu-to-decide-fate-of-xolobeni-in-next-30-days.htm/comment-page-1#comment-30512 mlungisi hendry jali Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:41:47 +0000 http://www.swc.org.za/?p=643#comment-30512 is it is a top-down approach on development, or it will include a community as the main people are affected by development.because each and every disscusion community members must be involved. is it is a top-down approach on development, or it will include a community as the main people are affected by development.because each and every disscusion community members must be involved.

]]> Comment on Wild Coast plans show preference for mining by Tweets that mention SWC ~ Sustaining the Wild Coast ~ » Wild Coast plans show preference for mining -- Topsy.com http://www.swc.org.za/wild-coast-plans-show-preference-for-mining.htm/comment-page-1#comment-29914 Tweets that mention SWC ~ Sustaining the Wild Coast ~ » Wild Coast plans show preference for mining -- Topsy.com Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:25:39 +0000 http://www.swc.org.za/?p=633#comment-29914 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Eco Feeds and Mynatour, Ecotourism Feeds. Ecotourism Feeds said: SWC ~ Sustaining the Wild Coast ~ » Wild Coast plans show ...: There was no study of the benefits of mining vers... http://bit.ly/eHm02Y [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Eco Feeds and Mynatour, Ecotourism Feeds. Ecotourism Feeds said: SWC ~ Sustaining the Wild Coast ~ » Wild Coast plans show …: There was no study of the benefits of mining vers… http://bit.ly/eHm02Y [...]

]]> Comment on  Toll fees may be scrapped by Jeff Brown http://www.swc.org.za/%c2%a0toll-fees-may-be-scrapped.htm/comment-page-1#comment-29233 Jeff Brown Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:50:05 +0000 http://www.swc.org.za/?p=606#comment-29233 Classic. Just temporarily suspend the tolling, then slip it back in sometime down the line. It's evident that Zweli Mkhize's opposition to KZN tolling is worth significantly more than the community's, the (ex?) royal house of Mpondombini Sigcau, and all the other opponents on environmental and social grounds combined. The real reason remains: Would they go to such lengths for the stated $6bn worth of rare or heavy metals at Xolobeni? By my lay estimate, the benificiated end products are easily worth more than 10x that amount. ECDC (Eastern Cape Development Corporation) are promoting the possible smelter in their IDZ. http://www.ecdc.co.za/sectors_and_industries/minerals Meanwhile SANRAL has been ramping up work on the N2 between Mthatha and East London for some time. Just between Mthatha and Viedgesville (the turnoff from the N2 to Coffee Bay & Hole in the Wall) the road has been reinforced with at least 4 new layers of tar and membrane over the past 6 months, in preparation for the payload. While access roads along the Wild Coast disintegrate, a pedestrian sidewalk along the N2, costing who knows how many millions, is being laid and tarred; presumably in anticipation of the road being fenced off. Classic.

Just temporarily suspend the tolling, then slip it back in sometime down the line.

It’s evident that Zweli Mkhize’s opposition to KZN tolling is worth significantly more than the community’s, the (ex?) royal house of Mpondombini Sigcau, and all the other opponents on environmental and social grounds combined.

The real reason remains:

Would they go to such lengths for the stated $6bn worth of rare or heavy metals at Xolobeni? By my lay estimate, the benificiated end products are easily worth more than 10x that amount.

ECDC (Eastern Cape Development Corporation) are promoting the possible smelter in their IDZ. http://www.ecdc.co.za/sectors_and_industries/minerals

Meanwhile SANRAL has been ramping up work on the N2 between Mthatha and East London for some time. Just between Mthatha and Viedgesville (the turnoff from the N2 to Coffee Bay & Hole in the Wall) the road has been reinforced with at least 4 new layers of tar and membrane over the past 6 months, in preparation for the payload. While access roads along the Wild Coast disintegrate, a pedestrian sidewalk along the N2, costing who knows how many millions, is being laid and tarred; presumably in anticipation of the road being fenced off.

]]> Comment on Xolobeni Mining and N2 Toll Road by Red Dunes & Blue Rivers « Day Trips to Hell http://www.swc.org.za/xolobeni-mining-and-n2-toll-road.htm/comment-page-1#comment-25071 Red Dunes & Blue Rivers « Day Trips to Hell Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:37:16 +0000 http://www.swc.org.za/?p=582#comment-25071 [...] the latest updates on the calamity visit the SWC.  The guys that have been fighting the good [...] [...] the latest updates on the calamity visit the SWC.  The guys that have been fighting the good [...]

]]> Comment on XOLOBENI MINING IS A TEST CASE OF HOW MUCH COMMITMENT GOVERNMENT HAS TO LOCAL DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES. by Shelagh http://www.swc.org.za/xolobeni-mining-is-a-test-case-of-how-much-commitment-government-has-to-local-democratic-processes.htm/comment-page-1#comment-21548 Shelagh Wed, 05 May 2010 15:50:33 +0000 http://www.swc.org.za/?p=525#comment-21548 CANNOT...BELEIVE...THEY...WANT...TO...MINE...THE....DUNES.DISGUSTING CANNOT…BELEIVE…THEY…WANT…TO…MINE…THE….DUNES.DISGUSTING

]]> Comment on Minister holds back Xolobeni mining licence by Siyabonga http://www.swc.org.za/minister-holds-back-xolobeni-mining-licence.htm/comment-page-1#comment-21080 Siyabonga Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:26:27 +0000 http://www.swc.org.za/minister-holds-back-xolobeni-mining-licence.htm#comment-21080 Snegugu I am sop glad to hear that a third of the community does'nt support this environmentally unkind activity.......i do acknowledge the fact that the community is poor but let us not fall into a trap that we will never get out of.......the impacts of mining are irreversable. Snegugu I am sop glad to hear that a third of the community does’nt support this environmentally unkind activity…….i do acknowledge the fact that the community is poor but let us not fall into a trap that we will never get out of…….the impacts of mining are irreversable.

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