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Revived Water Forum - First Meeting

Written By: Mariette Liefferink | Published: April-14-2013 | Category: WATER
Tagged Under: Water forum

The Federation for a Sustainable Environment in collaboration with Sun International and the Legacy Group Holdings hereby cordially invite you to the first meeting of the revived Water Forum, which is to be held at 10h00 on the 30th of April, 2013 at the Maslow Hotel, Corner of Grayston Drive and Rivonia Road, Sandton.  Please confirm your attendan...

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The Centre for Environmental Rights turns 3!

Centre for Environmental Rights April-11-2013

On the 2nd of April three years ago, the Centre for Environmental Rights had just opened its doors.  The first office was tiny, in Observatory, Cape Town. We had one staff member, one part-time ...

Joburg's acid mine drainage: Swapping sludge for salt

Website Admin March-17-2013

More than two years since government started to care about acid mine drainage, it has been working with key stakeholders to address the ugly sludge of an issue. The response, however, has only...

Mining the Pilanesberg

Website Admin March-17-2013

49 000 hectares of big five game reserve only two hours from Jo'burg... The Pilanesberg National Park is one of the top tourist destinations in the country. Derek Watts (Carte Blanche presenter):...

FSE collaborates with ...

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Platmin "diverting attention from own unlawful actions"

Written By: Website Admin | Published: February-02-2013

"The FSE interprets Platmin’s ungrounded and defamatory allegations against the FSE as an attempt to divert attention away from its own alleged unlawful actions," writes Mariette Liefferink, CEO of the Federation for a Sustainable Environment. In a public letter, Liefferink addr...

COMMENTS / PARTICIPATION

Wonderfonteinspruit - the unaddressed questions


Notwithstanding the establishment of the Wonderfonteinspruit Regulators Steering Committee on the 21st of December 2007 and  admirable inten...

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FSE’s Preliminary Response to Platmin’s Note For Investors


FSE’s Preliminary Response to Platmin’s Note For Investors For Information Posted On The Platmin’s Website On The 16 January 2013While cogni...

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Open Letter to Platmin


The FSE considers it its moral and social duty to respond to the statements made by Platmin to the news media, the relevant organs of state ...

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Tailings Storage Facility


It has been noted, not without serious concern that the Project will result in: The loss of a wetlands system and that no mitigation meth...

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FSE Comments on National Environmental Health Policy


"It is inferred from a reading of the Policy that mining waste and the health risks pertaining to mining waste, particularly gold and uraniu...

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FSE refutes African Nickel Response


THE FSE'S REFUTATION OF AFRICAN NICKEL'S (THE APPLICANT)  RESPONSES PERTAINING TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEM...

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RESEARCH / REPORTS

Crown Mine Art and Music College - the hazards


Mariette Liefferink presented "Radiological Impacts, Health Risks and Hazards  to Staff and Students of the Crown Mine Art and Music College...

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FSE Annual Report (2011)


The Federation for a Sustainable Environment  has published its annual report, detailing the many activities, recognition and advocacy of th...

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Mitigation measures at Uranium Mines


Uranium mining operations have high impacts on environment and society, and can lead to deterioration of health of workers and communities. ...

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Another AMD report, new and different findings


Following a request by two major banks, the Mine Water Research Group of the North-West University, conducted a desk-top study to assess how...

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Scientist reviews NNR Report


Wonderfonteinspruit has resulted in contamination of parts of the region with mine spoil and tailings containing heavy metal, uranium and th...

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Proactive environmental activism to promote the remediation of mined land and acid mine drainage: a success story from the South African goldfields


Abstract With more information on environmental research reports at the disposal of the general public, a new type of activism has been vis...

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JOURNALISTS / WRITERS

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Yolandi Groenewald

After working as an environmental and investigative reporter at the Mail & Guardian newspaper for almost 10 years, I decided to become my own boss at the end of

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Elise Templehoff

Elise Tempelhoff writes for "Beeld", and is known for well-researched articles. 

She ensures there are follow up stories - so important in environmental jo

CEO

Mariette Liefferink

CEO of the Federation for a Sustainable Environment

CER

Centre for Environmental Rights

The Centre for Environmental Rights is a non-profit company and law clinic based in Cape Town. The Centre was established in October 2009 by eight civil society org

Noseweek

Noseweek

Noseweek is South Africa's only investigative magazine and features irreverent, independent, inside information about business, the professions, politics and societ

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Sheree Bege

Writer at the Saturday Star; specialising in environmental news.

Mining and Water

"Waste from gold mines constitutes the largest single source of waste and pollution in South Africa… Acid mine drainage may continue for many years after mines are closed and tailings dams decommissioned"

-Mariette Liefferink

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