Plans for a daring 22km swim along a section of the Wild Coast earmarked for heavy mineral mining get finalised at a meeting at the Pont, in Port Edward, tonight, Thursday 25 April 2019.
While waiting for waters to the clear, the swimmers will walk the 22km stretch of coastline while engaging people in a beach clean up. The flooding has also prevented Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe from visiting Xolobeni on 25 April.The visit would have been part of Government’s ongoing engagement with the community about an integrated and sustainable development approach for the area,” said Mantashe, who has come out strongly in favour of the Xolobeni Minerals Sands Project.
Mantashe recently appealed a High Court ruling that mining cannot proceed without the informed and proper consent of the people living on the land, and Spoor has urged Mantashe not to visit the area until the process had been completed.