The Water Tribunal says the Philippi Horticultural Area wetland ecosystem is irreplaceable and rejects Consol Glass/Keysource Minerals Water Use Licence to mine silica sand…for a second time. This is another important milestone in the on-going struggle to protect the PHA foodland, the Cape Flats Aquifer in its soil both crucial for the city’s climate resilience. On 14 … [Read more...]
Sand mining degrades KwaZulu-Natal rivers
Both legal and illegal sand mining, and heavy machinery, is contravening the National Water Act, degrading aquatic systems in KwaZulu-Natal. When the National Water Act (NWA) was promulgated as the first piece of new legislation after our historic transition to democracy in 1994, it became a milestone in environmental management. For the first time in our history, aquatic … [Read more...]
