Part Australian-owned mining company Mineral Sands Resources (MSR) has been granted an Environmental Authorization (EA) to prospect for heavy minerals and diamonds on the Farm Klipvley Karoo Kop 153, in the Magisterial District of Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape Province. Appeals must be lodged before 22 March 2024 with the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries.
On a hot dusty day in the nation’s capital, about 300 incensed members of Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) came together for the first time. It was an historic moment, and myself and my colleague Miles Masterson were proud to witness it as representatives of Protect the West Coast.
Yet another diamond prospecting application has been approved in the sensitive Karoetjieskop coastal strip, making it three in the same area in a matter of weeks.
PTWC urgently calls for the public to appeal authorisation by the DMRE for a company to prospect for diamonds on an ecologically fragile part of the West Coast.
Public comments urged as company Fish by the Sea applies to prospect for diamonds in a sensitive area of the West Coast.
On December 9, people across the country will unite in local actions
against oil and gas drilling off the South African coastlines. Multinational corporations, including Shell, Qatar, Total Energies and contractors such as CGG and Searcher, are amongst the focal points of the latest round of public outrage.
The inaugural Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans public art project in Africa has left a lasting legacy for ocean conservation and community activism in Cape Town.
Cape Town: South African environmental organisation Protect the West Coast won the mining category of the Mail & Guardian Greening the Future Awards in Johannesburg yesterday.
Celebrations are in order as PTWC celebrates its third birthday this month!
A team of South African scientists and environmental experts brought together by Protect The West Coast recently travelled to observe mining sites near the Olifants River Estuary on the Cape West Coast as part of a court-ordered oversight programme. Photo
Conceived in 2021 by Cape Town runner and surfer Dom De Jesus to raise awareness about rampant illegal mining on the West Coast, the latest leg of Run West attracted 145 entrants and raised more than R40,000 for Protect the West Coast (PTWC).
Words by Steve Pike. A work in progress. Image by Steve Pike. A surfer and artist passionate about protecting the Cape West Coast from illegal & destructive mining will paint a large mural in Cape Town of a toddler digging
OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1996
Everyone has the right to an environment that is not harmful to their health or well-being; and to have the environment protected, for the benefit of present and future generations, through reasonable legislative and other measures that prevent pollution and ecological degradation; promote conservation; and secure ecologically sustainable development and use of natural resources while promoting justifiable economic and social development.
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