In June, Noseweek Magazine published an article about the proposed mining in Moutonshoek. ‘Myn verdwyn!’ (mine be gone!) is the battle cry across the Moutonshoek valley on the Cape West Coast, where the entire community is in revolt against a plan to dig a huge open-cast tungsten mine that would spell doom for their prosperous [...]
Here are the latest updates for members of the Verlorenvlei Coalition. ENGLISH Verlorenvlei Coalition Update 16 July 2009 – DOWNLOAD If you aren’t yet a member of the Verlorenvlei Coalition, please join us! Download/view English version: Call to join the Verlorenvlei Coalition Download/view Afrikaans version: Sluit aan by die VK
Here are the latest updates from the Verlorenvlei Coalition: ENGLISH Verlorenvlei Coalition update 26 June 2009 – DOWNLOAD AFRIKAANS Verlorenvlei Koalisie verslag 26 Junie 2009 – DOWNLOAD If you aren’t yet a member of the Verlorenvlei Coalition, please join us! Download/view English version: Call to join the Verlorenvlei Coalition Download/view Afrikaans version: Sluit aan by [...]
Cape Town, 22 June 2009. One of the very few coastal fresh water lakes in South Africa, Verlorenvlei, near Elands Bay on South Africa’s west coast, is being threatened by a proposed tungsten open cast mine. BirdLife South Africa, the leading bird conservation organisation in South Africa, is extremely concerned that a mining licence may [...]
On Sunday the 14th of June, Carte Blanche screened a programme about the proposed mining at Moutonshoek, that, should it go ahead, is very likely to affect the Verlorenvlei RAMSAR site. To view the transcript, visit this page. An extract: [Moutonshoek Public Meeting 30 April 2009] Man 1: “A mine like this uses huge amounts [...]
(Written by Roderick Freemantle). MYN VERDWYN Not many people know this, but a rich deposit of tungsten and molybdenum has been discovered in the Moutonshoek valley on the eastern slopes of the Piketberg Mountains. Sound bites reaching the “interested and affected parties” ears through the static of spin reveal that the extraction of these minerals [...]
Article posted 02 June 2009 in LegalBrief Environmental: Moutonshoek community rallies Published in: Legalbrief Environmental Date: Tue 02 June 2009 Category: Development Issue No: 0114 “Opponents of the plan to develop a major open-cast mine in the heart of the fertile farming valley of Moutonshoek, near Piketberg, have won an initial skirmish [...]
The Verlorenvallei Coalition has been formed. Download/view English version: Call to join the Verlorenvlei Coalition Download/view Afrikaans version: Sluit aan by die VK A word from Garry Sheard, Vice-chairman of the new Coalition: Hi to all As you may know, in March / April 2009, Bongani Minerals (Pty) Ltd submitted an application to the Department of [...]
This little fellow lives in the hills and mountains above the Verlorenvlei. I guess he was a little scared of the photographer: Armadillo Lizards have an interesting defense, in that if frightened, they will grab their tail in their mouth and curl up into a ball. This animal is named after the armadillo for its appearance and [...]
Recent article on busrep.co.za: Farmers hamstring tungsten mine plan West coast vlei threatened May 6, 2009 By Donwald Pressly Residents and farmers in the Verlorenvlei valley are resisting plans for an open-cast mine to produce tungsten. The valley is one of the Western Cape’s most important estuarine systems and one of the largest natural wetlands [...]
This article has been removed for the time being, but a clarification of the tungsten mining situation will appear on this site soon.
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