The arrival of the manganese rush in East London has sparked fears of hazardous dust pollution and run-off into the environment.While Transnet has worked hard to minimise the concerns, an environmental lawyer has suggested the state corporation is using a loophole in the SA Air Quality Act to avoid having to apply for an atmospheric emission licence (AEL) to conduct a listed activity, which would mean conducting an environmental impact assessment.
Traditional healer Zamile “Tree” Xobiso, 62, gardens furiously and creatively and with a great sense of social responsibility. There is a profound and surreal irony about where he does this on a strip of ground between the edge of a huge, fully-kitted yet-to-start tomato tunnel agribusiness about which little is known although it is rumoured to be a BCM project, and a smart new fence in Ndevane, Qonce.
A blaze that engulfed a snack warehouse nearly shut down three other businesses in an industrial precinct in Arcadia, East London, on Sunday afternoon.
While Buffalo City Metro residents have mixed opinions about the increase of billboards peppering the city, the council says it is planning to erect more to add revenue to its coffers.