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Mapungubwe National Park is a national park in Limpopo Province South is located by the Kolope River south of the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe rivers and about 15 kilometres mi to the NE of the Venetia Diamond National Park borders Mapesu Private Game Reserve to the south It abuts on the border with Botswana and Zimbabwe and forms part of the Greater
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The developer of the proposed Mulilo coal fired power station which is associated with the development of the controversial Vele coal mine on a property near the Mapungubwe world heritage site in
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The Limpopo Shashe Trans Frontier Peace Park and Conservation Area is threatened by Coal of Africa Limited CoAL whom want to strip mine adjacent the park Once one mine is established a host of mines will follow as well as the planned Thermal Powered Power Station Coal fired pollutes the area Initially the coal will be transported to the rail siding in Musina by an estimated 500 trucks
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The biggest coal fired power station on Earth is being built less than 80 kilometres away The Medupi power station and the massive coal mine next to it will keep South Africa from meeting its clean energy goals and send up a giant cloud of pollution to endanger the people and animals in the region according to this report from South African environmental monitoring group Groundwork
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News Mapungubwe The legal battle rages on 14 August 2024 at 12 05 am Photo Michael Raimondo Visit the Centre s website for a full overview of the ongoing legal battle around Mapungubwe and Coal of Africa s proposed Vele colliery
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landscape and the creation of large mountains of solid waste Coal mining also has significant impacts on water through high water consumption and water pollution The health impacts of coal mining on communities due to dust pollution are also massive South Africa suffers from a relative scarcity of water
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The South African government and Coal of Africa mining group have made a deal to protect Limpopo s Mapungubwe World Heritage site from activity at a nearby colliery The Department of Environmental Affairs DEA Coal of Africa and South African National Parks Sanparks signed the memorandum of agreement in Pretoria on 1 September 2024
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Because the real benefits of mining comes from secondary and tertiary industries but the mining companies do not want to invest in those because the labour element in SA will reduce the profits Also there is no shortage of coal in SA for the foreseeable future as a matter of fact most of the current mines still have sizable concessions which are completely untouched
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Mapungubwe in the far north of South Africa was the biggest kingdom on the subcontinent in the 13th century During site excavations in 1932 the now famous golden rhinoceros made of gold foil tacked with tiny pins around a wooden core was recovered South Africa s highest honour of which Nelson Mandela was the first recipient is called the Order of Mapungubwe
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Mapungubwe National Park one of South Africa s nine world heritage sites lies smack in the middle of a coal seam of precious coking coal that runs from Zimbabwe to South Africa A world famous 800 year old gold rhino statuette was unearthed at the site in 1933 and Mapungubwe was inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage List in 2024
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The coal mining firm which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and Johannesburg Stock Exchange received a loan from the IDC in 2024 to finance the development of its flagship Makhado Colliery Project in Limpopo and related improvements at the Vele Colliery situated outside the Mapungubwe National Park and World Heritage Site The MC Mining case study highlights the links between
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The golden rhinoceros of Mapungubwe is a medieval artifact made from wood which is covered in thin sheets of gold from the medieval Kingdom of Mapungubwe which is located in modern day South was found on a royal grave on Mapungubwe Hill in 1932 by archaeologists from the University of Pretoria The artifact is described as being small enough to stand in the palm of your hand
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Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape within which the Mapungubwe World Heritage Site is located by setting a new bench mark in the South Afri can mining industry for co existence between mining agriculture and heritage SOUTH AFRICA Durban Johannesburg Musina East London Lesotho Swaziland Port Elizabeth Cape Town L i m p o p o R i v e r Other Coal of Africa assets Major railways Makhado project
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The authorisation given to an Australian company called Coal of Africa Limited CoAL to construct an open cast coal mine called the Vele Colliery just outside of the boundaries of the Mapungubwe National Park will affect this fragile natural harmony To Abraham mining and industry is a short term plan tourism is a long term plan
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Another concern is that heritage in the Mapungubwe area has been used as a convenient weapon to fight any form of mining Coal of Africa s licence was approved for activities located at a fair distance from the core of the site In my view the significance of the inscribed area was not directly affected
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Bucyrus s 2024 contract to supply Eskom with coal mining equipment became a scandal subject to a parliamentary investigation last September Given the Witwatersrand area s historical world
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Civil society groups accused the mining company of damaging the environment near the Mapungubwe National Park while the mining company argued that its operations were in line with the law The mine was closed temporarily for non compliance with environmental regulations but reopened after lengthy discussions between the main parties Controversies such as this had become familiar in South
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Footnote 86 After years of resistance from the Save Mapungubwe Coalition a coalition opposing the mining of coal in the area CoAL was forced to close its operations temporarily while it sourced more financing for the project CoAL had to find more money for the project in order to be able to comply fully with the relevant mining licenses that but for the lobbying and litigation by the
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Mapungubwe Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape covers the remains of what once was the most important inland settlement in Southern Africa Its inhabitants traded ivory and gold with the Swahili towns at the Indian Ocean shore Three main phases of development from between ca 900 1300 AD have been uncovered here
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A study conducted a year ago explored the effect of mining on tourism growth and local development at the Mapungubwe heritage site It found that mining operations were likely to have a negative
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Coal mining has been permitted at Global Heritage sites like Mapungubwe adjacent to the oldest national park in the country Hluhluwe and is gradually eradicating the extremely sensitive biota of the Mpumalanga wetland Lowveld the Waterberg and elsewhere Affected community voices have effectively been silenced If they are raised they are
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Mapungubwe Mining next to a World Heritage Site and in the flood zone of an international river border WWF has joined a range of applicants seeking a review of the granting of mining rights near Mapungubwe to Limpopo Coal The charge is being led by the Endangered Wildlife Trust and the
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Read more The continued threat of coal mining at the Mapungubwe world heritage site In 1969 archaeology become a fully fledged discipline at the University of Pretoria with a focus on stratigraphy the layering of archaeological deposits Research reinforced what I call pots over people There was a lack of consultation with local commmunities in and around the Mapungubwe region
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Since 2024 mapungubwe has been declared a world heritage site by unesco despite that fact the place has been constantly violated by power stations and open cast coal mining activities which destroy the richness of the natural and cultural heritage it now possesses Online Chat Gold Mining In South Africa Africa Mining Iq
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The agreement a memorandum of understanding MoU was penned in November 2024 to avoid litigation that had been planned by the environmentalists known as the Save the Mapungubwe Coalition the Coalition The coalition was especially opposed to the issue of a water use licence to CoAL owing to the scarcity of resources in the region
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Another concern is that heritage in the Mapungubwe area has been used as a convenient weapon to fight any form of mining Coal of Africa s licence was approved for activities located at a fair distance from the core of the site In my view the significance of the inscribed area was not directly affected
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On 1 September 2024 the Department of Environmental Affairs DEA South African National Parks SANParks and Coal of Africa Limited CoAL signed a Memorandum of Agreement MoA to protect and maintain the integrity of the Outstanding Universal Value OuV of the Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape MCL near Vele Colliery in Limpopo Significant progress has been made with the implementation of
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The mineral resources department has confirmed that a permit was issued to Australian owned Coal of Africa for the Vele Colliery project in the buffer zone next to Mapungubwe Phase two of
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Another concern is that heritage in the Mapungubwe area has been used as a convenient weapon to fight any form of mining Coal of Africa s licence was approved for activities located at a fair
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coal Green Renaissance mining Save Mapungubwe Comments 0 Mapungubwe Belongs to All of Us Abraham Ramonwana head guide at Tuli Safari Lodge says if a mine develops in South Africa it s also going to affect Botswana and Zimbabwe Abraham like many others believes that the Mapungubwe region should be preserved and protected from the impacts of infrastructural development and
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