Pondoland Fact File
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Posted on October 1st, 2007
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STOP
. Mining of the Wild Coast dunes
. The 'Greenfields' section of the N2 Toll road through PondolandHOW?
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They want to protect and conserve their living landscapes and prevent the shredding of their social fabric by two massive development schemes.
They need support to gain access to information and effective legal representation in their planned court challenge, for government`s failure to engage them in open and transparent decision making about the N2 Wild Coast `Troll` Road, and the award of mining rights for the Xolobeni mineral sands. The `developments` will benefit cash-rich outsiders and be paid for by cash-poor rural residents and the natural environment.
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A few things:
Why tie this information up in a nasty proprietary format instead of simply making it crawlable and searchable in an html format?
Why call it a wikipedia article when there is no such article on en.wikipedia.org/wiki? Are you looking for authors to assist with wikifying this mess of information?
Most importantly, I would love to get real clarity regarding the true size and situation/position of the PCE. I believe the correct figure is 188km2 (18,800 ha)… and if you properly interpret the comparison to the size of the Kruger National Park you will see that this is probably correct.
To my knowledge the PCE is the region from the Umzimvubu river in the South up to the Mtamvuna river in the North… where it becomes part of the greater Maputoland Corridoor.
It is especially important to realize that it is this exact area (and not the Wild Coast as a whole) which is threatened by 1) the N2 toll road, 2) Xolobeni Mineral Sands proposal, and 3) the associated industrial development and peri-urban sprawl potential. I’m referring here directly to the upgrade of the power grid in the vicinity to 5 times it’s current capacity for an area which has a very sparse population density. (Apparently Eskom is working on govts orders.)
The incorrect or misleading information in this article seriously diminishes the actual risk profile to the PCE.
Lastly, I’m concerned that I have forwarded information to SWC which has not been acted upon. E.g. IAP and EIA information regarding the Eskom upgrade and lines directly to (within a couple of kilometers) Xolobeni… And also that the only contact address for SWC bounces.