Mails to and from Mr Andre Eagar of the Directorate of Mineral Resources, sent via the Port St Johns Community Group (psjcommunity@googlegroups). Will we have some action now? Hi Andre. Thank you for that. It is time that we get a permanent solution to this issue. We need building sand but not in thisway. Hope to hear from your office soon. Kind Regards. Dries. From: Andre Eagar [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 06 October 2014 10:01 PM To: Umzimvubu Retreat Cc: Rebone Nkambule; Sizakele Msane; Nqobile Khanyile; Nandipha Qwalela; Karoon Moodley Subject: RE: Illegal Sand Mining in Port St Johns. Dear Dries Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We have referred it to our Chief Director: Coastal Regions for her further attention, and copied to the Regional Manager in our Durban office. Andre Eagar Directorate: Communications Department of Mineral Resources (012) 444 3231 (t) Fax: 0866245509 From: Umzimvubu Retreat [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 2:30 PM To: Enquiries Cc: psjcommunity@googlegroups Subject: Illegal Sand Mining in Port St Johns. Hi Andre. It’s been a while since I last emailed you when we had problems here in the town of Port St Johns. As a result of this contact the main culprit was arrested but it seems that prosecution was apparently not successful as he is back creating even more damage than before. I must state that we have a registered and legal operation that obviously cost the owner a substantial amount of money. Basically all the local transporters get their sand from him legally. We have several problems. 1. Mining on two plots in the town of PSJ. One a residential plot and one an ex municipal campsite. 2. Brazenly, right next to the main road to Mthatha on the Umzimvubu River bank inside the restricted area. 3. Right on the coast at Agate Terrace the coastal dunes are destroyed The damage is quite severe. We, as the ratepayers of this town is very concerned about the continued situation. We get no support either from our Municipality our SAPS. Our local DMR representative, Rupert Mtembu, is fearing for his life and don’t want to confront the criminals. This theft is mainly conducted by one man by the name of Zayedwa Ndabeni and various community members have been threatened by him. We need a very high level ministerial investigation into this situation. How can you assist us? I hope to hear from you soon.
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:03:22 +0000
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