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“We are nothing. We are absolute zero.” This was the passionate statement from Carmelita Mostert of Saldanha Coastal Links – a community organisation established as a vehicle for small-scale fishers to secure their livelihoods and overall human rights – after hearing that the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) Barbara Creecy has been sent Triplo4’s final environmental impact assessment (EIA) report regarding Karpowerships. The report recommends that the project go ahead subject to several mitigation measures, however the mitigation measures are not mentioned.
Minister Creecy now has eight weeks to decide whether the project goes ahead or not. “I am exceptionally frustrated and saddened that our pleas have fallen on deaf ears,” says Mostert. “Especially since we had a face-to-face zoom
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Members of some small fishing communities along SA coast say they are fearful of the impact of floating powerships on fish stocks.
Last week the environmental assessors for Karpowership SA found that a project to moor five floating power stations at three SA harbours should be given the go-ahead.
The impact reports, which are now being studied by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, argued that the impact on marine ecology would likely be low .
Representatives of some small-scale fishing communities say they are worried about the impact that floating powerships will have on scarce fish stocks along SA s coast.
05 April 2021 06:07 Small-scale fishing communities say they have no reason to celebrate Human Rights Month because they feel their rights have been violated and cast aside by government over the years â a situation made worse by governmentâs proposed oil and gas priorities
The Green Connection, an NGO working with marginalised communities believes that though Human Rights Month may be over, the fight to be treated with dignity in South Africa continues.
As part of Human Rights Month, small-scale fishing communities gathered all the way from KwaZulu-Natal to the Eastern, Western and Northern Cape, in an effort to create awareness of the ongoing threat to the ocean from oil and gas drilling and exploration.
Saldanha Bay community concerned over proposed project
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Cape Town - Concerns are being expressed by a sustainability organisation about the lack of public participation from the Saldanha Bay community when it comes to approving projects.
The non-profit organisation known as Green Connection made its submission into the Draft Scoping Report for the Assegai (Pty) Ltd Proposed Gas-to-Power Project in Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape last week.
The intended purpose of developing a gas-to-power facility for the generation of 150MW of electricity would serve as the required fuel that would be transported via a pipeline from the Port of Saldanha.