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Elma Pollard - Protecting the PHA ecosystem from sand mining

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The Water Tribunal says the Philippi Horticultural Area wetland ecosystem is irreplaceable and rejects Consol Glass/Keysource Minerals Water Use Licence to mine silica sand…for a second time.

This is another important milestone in the on-going struggle to protect the PHA foodland, the Cape Flats Aquifer in its soil both crucial for the city’s climate resilience.
20 Sep 2023 English South Africa Religion & Spirituality · Christianity

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