Illegal Sand Mining in South Africa - The Green Times
Illegal Sand Mining in South Africa Romy Chevallier1 EXECU TIVE SU MM ARY Natural sand from estuary and coastal land is one of South Africa’s most valuable resources. However, there has recently been a drastic increase in uncontrolled and unauthorised sand mining activities in rivers, valleys and estuaries throughout the country. The frameworks
SA must dig deeper for a solution to illegal mining
Illegal mining costs South Africa’s economy around R21-billion annually. Other risks are the temporary closure of commercial mines, illegal miners who are trapped underground, and the death of ...
Illegal Sand Mining in South Africa | SAIIA
Natural sand from estuary and coastal land is one of South Africa’s most valuable resources. However, there has recently been a drastic increase in uncontrolled and unauthorised sand mining activities in rivers, valleys and estuaries throughout the country.
The truth about South Africas illegal mining industry
The truth about South Africas illegal mining industry Its a multibillion-dollar transnational business empire with its own financial targets, line managers, security personnel and CEOs.
Illegal mining costs SA R5bn per year | Fin24
9-11-2016 · Cape Town – South Africa annually loses R5bn in illegal mining, Parliament heard on Wednesday. The Department of Mineral Resources briefed the Portfolio Committee on Mining on the prevalence of illegal mining in the country, saying the unlawful extraction of particularly gold, chrome and sand undermines South Africa’s economic prosperity.
CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL …
According to the article “Illegal Sand Mining in South Africa ” by Romy Chevallier, a senior researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs (“SAIIA”)4, sand extraction in quantities higher than what is sustainable results in the
Study of Sand Mining and Related Environmental Problems ...
The laws that govern sand mining in South Africa should be simplified to a level that will enable these miners to understand. The activities of illegal sand mining along the Nzhelele River needs to be controlled. It emerged from the study that most of the sand mining activities are conducted without due regard to environmental protection.
CASE STUDIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SAND MINING …
CASE STUDIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SAND MINING AND GRAVEL EXTRACTION FOR URBAN ... for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE in the subject ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA SUPERVISOR: PROF S.J. MOJA OCTOBER 2013. ii ... The author recommends that heavy penalties should be imposed to curb illegal mining.
Illegal Sand Mining in South Africa - Conservation …
The frameworks governing small-scale sand mining in South Africa lack the necessary financial and human resource capacities to support better environmental compliance, and the enforcement mechanisms to successfully deter illegal activities are weak.2 Consequently, there has been a flurry of new entrants to the sector, creating a system fraught with social, environmental, legislative and ...
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the alteration of river beds and banks. Sand mining in South Africa is controlled by a complex regulatory system that can be distilled into three main themes: mineral regulation; environmental regulation; and land use planning regulation. In this thesis, it is hypothesised that sand mining is subject to all three regulatory themes equally.
The Threats Posed By Illegal Sand Mining In South …
While illegal mining causes many environmental problems that will be familiar to students of ecological damage – such as altering local environments, destroying animal habitats, further endangering threatened species, and putting sensitive biomes at risk – in South Africa the true cost of these illegal sand harvesting operations has a human face.
Illegal mining: what exactly are the rules of the …
Illegal mining in South Africa’s gold sector has over the past decades become one of its greatest challenges. Today, it is a thriving, intelligent and almost self-sustaining industry – fed by powerful syndicate leaders across the globe. For Sibanye-Stillwater, acceptance of this reality is not an option.
Illegal Sand Mining in South Africa | NGO Pulse
Uncontrolled and often illegal sand mining activities are destroying some of South Africa’s most valuable natural resources at an unprecedented rate. Sand mining is the extraction of surface sand from beaches and inland dunes, or the dredging of sand from riverbeds. The sand is typically sold to the construction industry, for the production of materials such as tiles, cement bricks and other ...
Sand mining threatens SA coast - study - IOL
In her more recent paper, Chevallier says sand (mainly for construction) is one of South Africa’s most valuable resources, yet there has been a “drastic increase” in mostly illegal sand ...
south africa sand mining | Coastal Care
Illegal Sand Mining Stopped, South Africa Ethekwini Municipality has secured a high court order, shutting down what it says is an illegal sand mining operation in an environmentally sensitive area in Cato Ridge, near Durban.
South Africa: Illegal Sand Mining in South Africa ...
South Africa: Illegal Sand Mining in South Africa. 15 December 2014. South African Institute of International Affairs (Johannesburg) document By Romy Chevallier. SAIIA Policy Briefing No 116 ...
Illegal sand mining a serious concern for SA
However, he pointed out that, currently, most of the illegal sand mining operations in South Africa were taking place in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, with more than 200 illegal mines active ...