Road trip starting in Jo’burg and going through Sani Pass, Coffee Bay, Hogsback, Jeffrey’s Bay, Plettenberg Bay, Knysna, Sedgefield and Graaf-Reinet
Victims were either crushed to death by mudslides or drowned in flood waters according to search and rescue units
Coffee Bay’s pristine seaside land is home to some of SA’s most popular holiday resorts and remains in the hands of the Bomvana and Pondo tribes
After almost a year of threats and attacks, a Wildcoast anti-mining activist was gunned down and killed in front of his wife and sons.
The Wild Coast community of Xolobeni is vehemently opposed to the proposed open-cast mining of titanium on their traditional land.
President Jacob Zuma’s office has been drawn into the fight to halt the proposed mining of the Wild Coast dunes, writes Fiona Macleod
Opponents of the N2 toll road that will snake through the Wild Coast are ready to take their battle to the highest court.
Eastern Cape and the United Nations have signed a deal that focuses on building green economy and earning carbon credits.
The Wild Coast belongs to future generations and should not be mined if its fragile ecosystem will be damaged, said Susan Shabangu.
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/ 17 September 2008
A community tourism project in the Wild Coast could have made over R4-million a month for one of the poorest regions in SA had it not been halted.
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/ 17 September 2008
The communities of the Wild Coast drink from polluted waterholes shared with dogs and livestock. There are no toilets. Medical facilities are rare.
The DA says it is disappointed by the decision of the Department of Minerals and Energy Affairs to grant mining rights on the Wild Coast.