tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48561808922884047892024-03-13T11:13:01.045-07:004x4 ban and socio economic issues along the Elephant Coast of KZN South AfricaThis blog discusses the 4x4 BAN and its socio economic impact on the domestic tourism industry of the Elephant Coast along the eastern seaboard of KZN South Africa within the Umkhanykude district Municipality.
The Association of Recreational Beach Users (ARBU) is of the opinion that the 4x4 ban in its current form is a violation of our collective economic rights in terms of section 24 of the south African constitution.Frankie2sockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03140869185639586137noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856180892288404789.post-50203456784332224332018-02-22T06:08:00.001-08:002018-02-22T06:10:57.311-08:00Lost domestic tourism associated with 4x4 ban still a problem.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The closure of all beaches in South Africa in terms of legislation passed way back in 2002 needs to be revisited as it caused many job losses with TKZN (Tourism Kwa Zulu Natal) issuing a document ( Ocassional Paper 20 ) suggesting that more than 20 000 economic opportunities were lost along the Elephant Coast of KZN as a knock on impact of the 4x4 ban.</h2>
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We would like to have this issue revisited, and properly addressed. In the past the IWPA used all kinds of devious political tricks to side step the issue. We now need to open the debate about the extreme economic impact of these issues on the domestic tourism industry of St. Lucia and surrounding rural areas. see <a href="http://www.zulu.org.za/userfiles/1/file/ForIvestorandResearcher/Research/Occ%20Papers%20PDFs/Occ%20paper%2020%20Legislation%20on%20the%20Use%20of%204X4's%20on%20Beaches%20.pdf" target="_blank"> OCCASIONAL PAPER 20 by KZN </a><br />
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this issue of low tourism numbers has many knock on impacts, which are very difficult to overcome without serious government support. There has been very little visible government support within the rural areas of Mtubatuba local municipality and surrounding rural areas of the other local municipalities in the Umkhanyakude District Municipality. domestic tourism is still very poor and has not recovered at all since the 4x4 ban. International tourism has however increased significantly, and the tourism consumer pattern within the Umkhanyakude district municipality has changed drasticaly, but the rural folks are still excluded some how......<br />
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx2QSHFfEjk2TTcyTHpjeWZZMUk/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">WE thus wrote an OPEN LETTER to the IWPA (iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority ) out lining the problem and requesting assistance to solve the problem. this fell on closed ears and blind eyes.... so we need to take further steps and bring the matter before the public, and then take legal action if the IWPA still shows us the middle finger...</a><br />
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the 4x4 ban was the start of many problems that followed. bad management of the lake along with its tourism potential followed and also needs serious high level government interventions. lake St. Lucia and associated estuary is ( was ) the primary breeding ground for many marine species, and the fact that the lake is still dysfunctional is a real concern, which should be elevated to a national disaster #NATIONALDISASTER<br />
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what to do and which way to get the right folks to see the problem is not as easy as it appears to be. your help in talking about these issues and sharing this post within the social media space, asking for alternative views or open honest discussion around these very thorny issues will be appreciated.<br />
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Frankie2sockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03140869185639586137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856180892288404789.post-57249662062087598232017-11-10T06:08:00.002-08:002017-11-10T06:13:38.107-08:00Fishing in St. Lucia, KZN South Africa 10 November 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Eventuality had some time to go fishing today, 10 November 2017, but the weather did not play fair. Took a walk down past the St. Lucia I a Skiboat club, then along the board walk to the beach.<br />
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The water was looking good, but the side wash picked up quite seriously just before low tide, and the wind picked up bringing some rain. Ran away, and had a beer at the St. Lucia Ski boat club, then toddled off home with ZERO FISH...<br />
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Frankie2sockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03140869185639586137noreply@blogger.com0Sugar Loaf Rd, St. Lucia, South Africa-28.3839226 32.417791299999976-28.877127599999998 31.772344299999975 -27.8907176 33.063238299999973tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856180892288404789.post-36585785948006881362017-10-12T03:02:00.000-07:002017-10-12T03:31:22.443-07:004X4 BAN and the Mtubatuba IDP process.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z4Fiq646UunxlPfL1amFk0e83-QeUrlpswLm0HSNKiI/edit?usp=sharing" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="4x4 ban causes job losses in excess of 20 000" border="0" data-original-height="1021" data-original-width="1300" height="251" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6RCbdxKXGe8/Wd81dwD0ZiI/AAAAAAAAJuU/ucK2_HKqKckMNsKp8YTXAr6zwXwvYuVbgCLcBGAs/s320/13224293-no-work-no-jobs-no-employment-Stock-Photo.jpg" width="320" /></a>The 4x4 ban, or the closure of our beaches to reasonable motor vehicle access, has had a rather nasty impact on the tourism associated with recreational use of the South African beaches within rural areas along the South African Coast line</h2>
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<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xHiiYtAuzdA/UzNW0q2z-zI/AAAAAAAAArs/iOdE_5zlJiwM4pr_lEXJtA52fwBMbU5PgCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/ARBU%2B-%2Bprofile%2Bpic.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="this is a request for a mandate to tackle the economic issues associated with the 4x4 ban and other problems in the tourism industry of the Elepehant Coast of KZN South Africa #4x4ban" border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="600" height="160" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xHiiYtAuzdA/UzNW0q2z-zI/AAAAAAAAArs/iOdE_5zlJiwM4pr_lEXJtA52fwBMbU5PgCPcBGAYYCw/s320/ARBU%2B-%2Bprofile%2Bpic.png" title="please sign our petition to address the economic issues associated with the 4x4 ban #4x4ban" width="320" /></a>In the Elephant Coast region, where the IWPA are in control of the coastal zone, and manage the area in accordance with the world heritage act, these losses have been very pronounced and rather disturbing, causing huge economic issues, which have been festering and causing anger amongst the folks on the ground for the last 15 years. <a 20="" 4x4="" ban="" discussing="" district="" href="http://www.zulu.org.za/userfiles/1/file/ForIvestorandResearcher/Research/Occ%20Papers%20PDFs/Occ%20paper%2020%20Legislation%20on%20the%20Use%20of%204X4's%20on%20Beaches%20.pdf" target="_blank" title="Occasional paper 20 discussing impact of 4x4 ban on tourism in Umkhanyakude district municipality">way back in 2004 KZN TOURISM estimated these economic losses caused the tourism industry of Umkhanyakude District Municipality to shed in excess of 20 000 jobs.</a></h3>
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These 20 000 job losses were never addressed, as the IWPA claimed that they had these issues, under control, and that the envisaged INTERNATIONAL TOURISM that would be generated through the marketing of the world heritage status of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Wold Heritage Site and the Lubombo Spatial Development Initiative would off set these losses. These tourism gains due to the world heritage status of the park, as well as other government initiatives, including but not limited to the LSDI, never materialized. </h4>
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It is thus time to take action and demand an answer from central government what they are doing to alleviate the serious economic losses caused by the 4x4 ban. This will be accomplished by taking the issue up at the Mtubatuba Local Municipality IDP structures and requesting that the various role </div>
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The iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority is the government appointed body to look after the Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park World Heritage Site along the Elephant Coast of KZN South Africa. It is the duty of the IWPA or the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority to ensure that tourism associated with the use of our first world heritage site is equitable and reaches the majority of tourism stake holders within the area (Umkhanyakude District Municipality) <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx2QSHFfEjk2Y2M5NTcwYmQtNmQ4MS00ODgyLWI4ZWMtY2I0MjQ4MmY1NTMw/view" target="_blank" title="should we mine lake St. Lucia"> The IWPA have failed miserably due to the implementation f the 4x4 ban which did not go down well with the domestic tourism market shedding more than 20 000 jobs, as per the last paragraph on page two of this document by KZN Tourism. </a></div>
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what to do and which way forward is now an issue that needs urgent attention from central government, with the question being </div>
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1) Do we mine the lake, leaving the rehabilitation up to the IWPA, or </h3>
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3) do we chase the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority out of town, then mine the lake, and rehabilitate the area to be the biggest nature based tourism project ever ?</h3>
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my self personally, I like option 3.......</h2>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z4Fiq646UunxlPfL1amFk0e83-QeUrlpswLm0HSNKiI/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" title="should we mine lake St. Lucia ?">See open letter to the Mtubatuba Local Municipality here for more </a></h2>
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Frankie2sockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03140869185639586137noreply@blogger.com0Mtubatuba, 3935, South Africa-28.4059334 32.214332300000024-28.4617924 32.133651300000025 -28.350074399999997 32.295013300000022tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856180892288404789.post-11582647906395859742017-10-02T06:51:00.001-07:002017-10-04T03:58:10.903-07:00The heat is about to be turned up, and there is a new leadership at the IWPA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Andrew Zaloumis has run away from his responsibilities as CEO of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority, and we have a new fella in charge of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority.<br />
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Let's hope the new guy has a fresh attitude, and appreciates DOMESTIC TOURISTS.........<br />
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Frankie2sockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03140869185639586137noreply@blogger.com0St Lucia, 3936, South Africa-28.3726019 32.414163099999996-28.4005439 32.3738226 -28.3446599 32.454503599999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856180892288404789.post-74435047484117091762017-09-17T23:11:00.003-07:002017-09-18T05:32:28.896-07:00The IWPA needs to please explain their esturay managment strategies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><h2 style="text-align: left;">The St. Lucia Estuary is currently ( SEPTEMBER 2017 ) a disaster zone, and the ecological biodiversity within the Lake St. Lucia and the St. Lucia Estuary system has collapsed. The Estuary Management plan for the St. Lucia Estuary as is mandated in the Integrated Coastal Management Act is not in the public zone, and we need to know why. </h2><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Address_the_issues_of_the_4x4_ban_and_the_economic_losses_associataed_with_the_absense_of_the_recreational_beach_users/" target="_blank">Please sign our petition so we can have a mandate from the public to take some actions at the local Municipality level to have the issues of bad management within the IWPA addressed.</a></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"> </h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">The IWPA or iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority has not held proper public participation process meetings within the Mtubatuba Municipality, and the tourism associated with the St. Lucia lake and estuary systems has not been included in the economic development forums of the Mtubatuba municipality Local Municipality IDP as id mandated in many different laws and legislations associated with the management of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park such as the 4x4 ban and the Integrated Coastal Management Act.</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRvmyTVl8iu_KmS8iS83g5U2VRtpOvLO5UYvjeqw0DEhF_VjLGEcF7mIQcTfsfpep43V-17LmXzLJy9/pub" target="_blank">to download this letter as a PDF file click here</a><br />
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<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-9e4057ca-94e9-404d-0ae5-b2fe593355eb" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #6a6968; font-family: "times"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Old School Birding Club <marketing.osbc@info4u.co.za></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">water flow issues within the lake St. Lucia system. 1 message</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Old School Birding Club <marketing.osbc@info4u.co.za></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 4:26 PM To: info@isimangaliso.com</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">OPEN LETTER addressed to info@isimangaliso.com and published to 4x4ban.blogspot.com then shared on social media.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">info@isimangaliso.com is the registered email address for the IWPA --- iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority see their web site at www.isimangaliso.com</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">attention administrative staff at the IWPA</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hi</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Many thanx for your post on FB https://web.facebook.com/iSimangalisoWetlandPark/posts/ 896067270542666</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I have a few questions but am not sure where or who to ask. Can you link me up with the correct folks ?</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 5.52pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I received an email containing a news flash from newsflash@isimangaliso.com on 10 September 2017 (covering the same subject matter) and this seems to be rather confusing info. Either the scientists concerned are trying to fool us as the general public, or they are not qualified to do the job, as the info put forward is rather incorrect in many aspects.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">lets start with the issue of the water flow between the ocean and the estuary....</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">does the estuary system include the lake or is it only the Umfolozi river flood plains ?</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I was always under the impression that the estuary system included the water flow in and out of lake St. Lucia. If this is wrong then I apologise. If this is right, your scientists need a slap on the ear, and a rather tight solid one that makes their head spin... so that they can catch a wake up!!!!</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">From the article it is clear that they talk of the lake, but they deliberately neglect to discuss the water flow patterns which are needed to scour the estuary mouth clean, along with the water volume flow measurements, which keep the lake system from silting up.. they keep discussing the water flow of the Umfolozi river as if this is the only issue at stake. The Umfolozi river only really comes into play when there are drought conditions, and the mouth to the estuary system is closed to prevent the lake from becoming a salt pan, which nature takes care of itself. . Water evaporation is the issue here, as sea water would replace the evaporated water in the lake system, and cause ultra high salt level problems very soon, leaving the lake as a salt pan. This was close to happening, and we had a total fish die out when the lake actually dried up. This has not been declared an international disaster zone, in my mind due to tourism issues, with the IWPA fearing a collapse in tourism due to the bad publicity, and that is a major threat to the future of our tourism associated with lake St. Lucia. If the lake is not part of the tourism picture we will all be in trouble, coz the beaches are already out of the picture due to the 4x4 ban and the subsequent job losses where KZN tourism estimates more than 20 000 job losses in the formal tourism sector as in their occasional paper 20, found here <a href="http://www.zulu.org.za/userfiles/1/file/%20ForIvestorandResearcher/Research/Occ%20Papers%20PDFs/Occ%20paper%2020%%2020Legislation%20on%20the%20Use%20of%204X4's%20on%20Beaches%20.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.zulu.org.za/userfiles/1/file/ ForIvestorandResearcher/Research/Occ%20Papers%20PDFs/Occ%20paper%2020% 20Legislation%20on%20the%20Use%20of%204X4's%20on%20Beaches%20.pdf</a> see last paragraph on page 2</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Who can I speak to so that I may find out more, and where may I find the IWPA input to the Integrated Estuary Management Plan as is mandated by the ICMA (Integrated Coastal Management Act 2008) chapter 4 sections 33 and 34</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">From the news flash article it is clear that the scientists in question who put this plan together have an agenda other than the natural rehabilitation of the lake and related estuary system. This needs to be explained at the PPPM (Public Participation Process Meetings) which are mandated in terms of the NEMA (National Environmental Management Act) and these issues also need to be included in both the Mtubatuba Local Municipality IDP, and the UMkhanyakude District Municipality IDP, so that these can then be included in the Provincial IDP and then pushed to the central Government IDP. This is essential as the estuary management is not exclusive to the St. Lucia estuary mouth, but also includes the lake systems, the fresh water catchment zones and the subsequent silt flow patterns that are in place due to a host of different reasons including but not limited to</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">bad agricultural practices in the estuary catchment zones bad land management in state owned lands in the estuary fresh water catchment zones over grazing in rural farm lands, which fall within the estuary fresh water catchm3ent zones bad land management in game parks (Hluhluwe / Umfolozi parks) and poor information flow patterns between the IWPA and the rest of the world, which are stilted and often not inclusive of the bad community impacts associated with the IWPA decisions.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Many of these estuary fresh water catchment zones are not even in the UMkhanyakude District Mu8nicipality, which compounds the need to have this addressed at provincial level through the provincial IDP</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">see these video discussing the missing silt traps along the Umfolozi River and related problems which your scientists are apparently sidestepping.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGMpYyg5wt0</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwpQE_tdp-Y</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpDp-s4EZHY</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">this is a serious matter, and somebody needs to be held accountable.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">your help in assisting me to find the required information, and who to speak to , so as to evaluate an amicable way forward will be appreciated.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I used the email address admin@info4u.co.za to request registration with the IWPA integrated management plan, which is the equivalent of the municipal IDP , but for some reason this has not been activated and I do not receive the necessary invites or updates to these management plans. It is my opinion that this email address admin@info4u.co.za has been blacklisted, or labelled as spam by the IWPA administrative system. This is a problem in my mind....</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Your advice of what my next step should be, before legal action is taken to force the issue will be appreciated, as I would prefer to solve these problems without legal actions which will be very bad for tourism within the area as a whole. We all rely on tourism, so when this dries up there will be other problems... no tourists in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park is not a good thing for anybody. the 4x4 ban has already cost us dearly with KZN TOURISM in their occasional PAPER 20 (see link above)</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 2.64pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">estimating job losses in excess of 20 000 way back in 2004. Many things have changed since then, but domestic tourism has not recovered, and the IWPA are not doing anything visible to get domestic tourism numbers back up to where they were prior to the 4x4 ban. The recent destruction of perfectly functioning infrastructure which is mainly used by domestic tourists at the St. Lucia Estuary Mouth, and the extreme bad parking planning, along the St. Lucia beach front adds to this perception that the IWPA are anti domestic tourists within the park as a whole. see <a href="http://zululandobserver.co.za/%20153111/demolition-works-st-lucias-estuary-beach/" target="_blank">http://zululandobserver.co.za/ 153111/demolition-works-st-lucias-estuary-beach/ </a>a clear way forward where information flow between the park and concerned citizens is addressed at the mandated public participation process meetings will be truly appreciated. If this is not activated soon, we will be forced to take alternative actions which include legal steps to force the issue. these will give out such a vastly negative vibe that tourism within the area will be drastically affected. We wish to minimise this impact, so please help us to connect with the right folks who can ensure that our concerns are addressed in an open and transparent manner where all will be happy..</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">looking forward to your response.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">FRANKIE2SOCKS</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div>Frankie2sockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03140869185639586137noreply@blogger.com0St Lucia, 3936, South Africa-28.3726019 32.414163099999996-28.4005439 32.3738226 -28.3446599 32.454503599999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856180892288404789.post-36521618951849411312017-09-03T03:33:00.000-07:002017-09-05T07:00:18.514-07:00iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority and Public Participation Process Meetings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">The iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority ( IWPA ) is in place to manage the Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park World Heritage site, South Africa's first world heritage site, which was renamed as the iSimangaliso Wetland Park World Heritage Site after the island of St. Lucia in the Caribbean acquired its own world heritage site, and there was confusion over which St. Lucia world heritage site was being discussed. The IWPA or iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority is mandated by the<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx2QSHFfEjk2bnk1akRJV0JmWVU/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"> WHCA or World </a></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Address_the_issues_of_the_4x4_ban_and_the_economic_losses_associataed_with_the_absense_of_the_recreational_beach_users/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt=" sign our petotion" border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="600" height="100" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xHiiYtAuzdA/UzNW0q2z-zI/AAAAAAAAArs/iOdE_5zlJiwM4pr_lEXJtA52fwBMbU5PgCPcBGAYYCw/s200/ARBU%2B-%2Bprofile%2Bpic.png" width="200" /></a><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx2QSHFfEjk2bnk1akRJV0JmWVU/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Heritage Convention act </a>to manage the park for us as world citizens. We as local residents who live adjacent to and within the park, are supposed to benefit from the tourism associated with the park. Here Section 22 of the </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">act is very clear, and mandates the IWPA to integrate their management plan with all three tiers of </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://isimangaliso.com/product-category/integrated-management-plan/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://isimangaliso.com/product-category/integrated-management-plan/" target="_blank">#IMP = #INTEGRATEDMANAGEMENTPLAN </a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><a href="https://isimangaliso.com/product-category/integrated-management-plan/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://isimangaliso.com/product-category/integrated-management-plan/" target="_blank">Integrated Management Plan for the iSimangaliso Wetland Park.</a></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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This is however not the case, and the South African or DOMESTIC TOURISM MARKET</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is </span>currently very under developed and not supported by the IWPA's </span><span style="font-size: large;">attitude and plan, Where they want to push international tourism to the exclusion of domestic, regional and local tourism. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the past (pre #4X4BAN ) this was the major tourism sector, with </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">international tourism making up just under 8 % of the total tourism volume. Today domestic tourism only makes up a small percentage of tourists visiting St. Lucia, with international tourism being the dominant sector, and a very large percentage of these tourists spending less than 4 hours in St. Lucia, only stopping over long enough to do the estuary boat cruise. The only beneficiaries of this bulk based international sausage machine tourism is the IWPA and the boat owners. Many of the INTERNATIONAL TOURISTS doing these boat trips do not even stop over for coffee in our area. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is in gross violation of the<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx2QSHFfEjk2OTY2ZjJkNTctYzU4NC00YmZmLWJlY2QtMzcwNThmZjg5ZTFi/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"> original ROD taken to implement 4x4 ban found here </a>where section A clause 6 and section B clause 6 as well as section C clause 6, discusses a particular reporting issue that needs to be discussed and integrated into the Mtubatuba local municipalities IDP STRUCTURES and other statuary mandated planing process such as the Estuary Management Plans mandated by the Integrated Coastal Management Act </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx2QSHFfEjk2bnk1akRJV0JmWVU/view" target="_blank"> WHCA or World Heritage convention act, in section 22 </a>discusses these issues again, where the IWPA is mandated to integrate their development plans with all three tiers of government. this must how ever be re3ad in conjunction with section 13 of this same act.... </span></div>
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<a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Address_the_issues_of_the_4x4_ban_and_the_economic_losses_associataed_with_the_absense_of_the_recreational_beach_users/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt=" sign our petotion" border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="600" height="100" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xHiiYtAuzdA/UzNW0q2z-zI/AAAAAAAAArs/iOdE_5zlJiwM4pr_lEXJtA52fwBMbU5PgCPcBGAYYCw/s200/ARBU%2B-%2Bprofile%2Bpic.png" width="200" /></a></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am in the process of finding support to push this issue hard at the upcoming Mtubatuba local Municipality Integrated Development Plan, as is mandated in the MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS ACT and associated legislation. The economic losses associated with the VERY POOR MANAGEMENT by the IWPA need to be accounted for and amendments to plans need to be justified or explained. </span></div>
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Frankie2sockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03140869185639586137noreply@blogger.com0St Lucia, 3936, South Africa-28.3726019 32.414163099999996-28.4005439 32.3738226 -28.3446599 32.454503599999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856180892288404789.post-57155030373190303762017-08-23T07:28:00.000-07:002017-08-23T07:28:18.212-07:00What is the annual cost of implementing the 4x4 ban within the Elepehant Coast ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There is so much documentation out there discussing the <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bx2QSHFfEjk2ZTI5N2IwYWItZTkwMC00NWM1LTkzOTctZWRhZDgwM2ZiODEx" target="_blank">NEGATIVE ECONOMIC impacts</a> of the 4x4 ban, but it appears that these have not been read by the folks on the ground within the #ISIMANGALISO wetland park and surrounding rural areas of Umkhanyakude district municipality.<br />
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firstly there is the <a href="http://www.zulu.org.za/userfiles/1/file/ForIvestorandResearcher/Research/Occ%20Papers%20PDFs/Occ%20paper%2020%20Legislation%20on%20the%20Use%20of%204X4's%20on%20Beaches%20.pdf" target="_blank">OCCASIONAL PAPER 20 BY KZN TOURISM </a> found here <a href="http://www.zulu.org.za/archive/tourism-kwazulu-natals-occasional-research-papers-and-ad-hoc-research-projects-F57988" target="_blank">Tourism KwaZulu-Natal's Occasional Research Papers and Ad Hoc Research Projects</a><br />
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then there are a number of documents that were live on this web site<a href="http://www.acerafrica.co.za/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.acerafrica.co.za/</a> which have since been removed or made unavailable to the public. Acer Africa has been the #IWPA or iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authorities preferred environmental consulting company for a number of years.<br />
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The IWPA and associates have many nasty political tricks that they implement, and their PPP or Public Participation Programs are quite well disguised and often hidden from the public through disingenuous tricks and sneaky public perception management strategies.<br />
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The current situation where they (IWPA and associates) hold impromptu road blocks and search vehicles for alcoholic beverages when en-route the the local St. Lucia beaches is also an emotional issue as most South Africans appreciate a beer with their braai. when this is a problem then the South African Tourists tend to pack up and leave town. <br />
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This attack on our rights to enjoy a beer with a braai is quite a big thing from a tourism perspective, as it chases the lo0cal and domestic tourist out of town. In the past (pre 2002) this was the main stay of all tourism in St. Lucia with international visitors being very few and far between. The IWPA decided for us that we should no longer welcome South African folks, but focus on international tourism.<br />
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If you take your time and evaluate the OCCASIONAL PAPER 20 (link above) you will soon see that more than 20 000 folks lost their economic opportunities due to the knock on impact of South African Folks no longer feeling welcome within the iSimangaliso Wetland Park World Heritage site.<br />
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these economic losses are huge, and have never been fully disclosed to the public at any PPPM or Public Participation Process Meeting.held by the IWPA. WE will soon be challenging this, as the <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bx2QSHFfEjk2ZTI5N2IwYWItZTkwMC00NWM1LTkzOTctZWRhZDgwM2ZiODEx" target="_blank">original ROD (Record of Decision) </a>clearly stipulates that this must happen. there is supposewd to be an annual review which the minister gets. this annual review is supposed to (at least in my mind) go through a public participation process in terms of the this ROD but we as the public are left in the dark and fed the biggest pile of hog wash in show and tell meetings that are meant to be Public Participation Process Meetings.<br />
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This will soon be a topic of discussion t the Mtubatuba Locla Municipality RDP process, and cause many red faces and lots of political posturing. The St. Lucia tourism folks need to brace themselves for the fall out from these political posturing moves and the public reaction that will follow.<br />
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WE as the public will soon be requesting an explanation from the new minister of tourism.... asking for the economic costs incurred to enforce the 4x4 Ban including the cost of lost tourism.</h2>
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this will cause many problems and open the can of worms, spilling them on the dinner table while the guests are eating ....</h3>
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We can expect some strange reactions from the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority and the Minister, as this is a big problem where the local community of the St. Lucia area ;ost more than 20 000 jobs due to government attitude. </h4>
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Which way the Mtubatuba Local municipality will react is an open question, as these are all new councilors, with none of those who were in power way back in 2000 still being in power....</h4>
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<a href="http://frankie2socks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Frankie2socks </a>is in town....</h4>
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Frankie2sockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03140869185639586137noreply@blogger.com0St Lucia, 3936, South Africa-28.3726019 32.414163099999996-28.4005439 32.3738226 -28.3446599 32.454503599999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856180892288404789.post-71808603595982948392017-06-21T13:36:00.001-07:002017-08-15T08:12:24.812-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There is so much documentation out there discussing the NEGATIVE ECONOMIC impacts of the 4x4 ban, but it appears that these have not been read by the folks on the ground within the #ISIMANGALISO wetland park and surrounding rural areas of Umkhanyakude district municipality.<br />
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What to do, and how to get folks on the ground, who have suffered the losses associated with the absense of the #DOMRSTICTOURIST from the tourism mix within the #ISIMANGALISO wetland Park, involved in putting pressure on the Mtubatuba local municipality to address the issues around domrstic and local tourism.<br />
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Currently (May / June 2017 ) there have been very few local tourist (Empamgeni, Ricbay, Durban nrwcastle Vrheid ladysmithaand other nearby areas) visiting over weekends and this impact is being felt all thebway from the N2 to within Cape Vidal, Mapelane, Kozi Bay, St. Lucia and Sodwana bay.)<br />
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Please sign our <a href="https://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Address_the_issues_of_the_4x4_ban_and_the_economic_losses_associataed_with_the_absense_of_the_recreational_beach_users/" target="_blank"> PETITION requesting a public mandate to address these issues </a><br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/2rvb36l" target="_blank">A report from the #IWPA discussing tourism numbers</a></div>
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Frankie2sockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03140869185639586137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856180892288404789.post-71569017784911345152017-05-23T05:51:00.000-07:002017-05-23T05:51:56.676-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This report needs to be in the public domain, and we as recreational beach users need to ask why these issues were never addressed.<br />
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Socio-Economic Effects of the Ban on 4x4<br />
Beach Driving on Residents Neighbouring<br />
the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park<br />
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Gordon Fakude, Bronwyn James and Sikhumbuzo Gumede<br />
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Frankie2sockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03140869185639586137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856180892288404789.post-41070969101823276662017-05-20T13:45:00.000-07:002017-05-20T13:52:25.033-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well I have been inactive here for some time due to the difficulty in some body to assist financially<br />
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That has been partiality solved, so I am about to pick up the pave and add some really serious pressure onto the topic and take it to the next level.<br />
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I have put a GOOGLE PLUS COLLECTION in place and will be adding stuff from all over the place in there. I would also like your feed back, so please leave comments and ask questions.<br />
<a href="https://plus.google.com/collection/s6fzNE" title="#4x4BAN Google collection "> https://plus.google.com/collection/s6fzNE</a><br />
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Frankie2sockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03140869185639586137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856180892288404789.post-57935182848283007982014-09-30T04:02:00.001-07:002014-09-30T04:12:34.036-07:00Issues with the IWPA and their PPP (IWPAPPP)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3JHz5urmy7k/VCqMAtJlrDI/AAAAAAAABKk/bvtZ7paVNFw/s1600/mission%2Brocks%2Bpicnic%2Bsite%2Binfo%2Bsign.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3JHz5urmy7k/VCqMAtJlrDI/AAAAAAAABKk/bvtZ7paVNFw/s1600/mission%2Brocks%2Bpicnic%2Bsite%2Binfo%2Bsign.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a>I was in St. Lucia along the Elephant Coast of KZN South Africa for a few days from Wednesday 24 September 2014 to Saturday 27 September 2014 to visit the iSimangaliso Wetland Park and the Elephant coast to go fishing with a few friends. We had a great trip, even though there was no water in the town, as there is an issue with the municipal water supply in the area, which is apparently politically motivated, but we were not there long enough to get to the bottom of the issue.<br />
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<a href="http://iwpappp.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Read about the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority public participation procedure meetings where this issue should be addressed and solved, but has not been evaluated yet </a><br />
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WE stayed at a spot called BUDGET BACKPACKERS and they had a 5000 liter JOJO tank which they kept full, so we had water to shower and clean, as well as flush the toilets. We were rationed with water and the showers were only turned on for one hour in the morning, and one hour in the evening.<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5kMlUzkx7Ec/VCqMAfRXPZI/AAAAAAAABKg/ZcLJqMHfkXE/s1600/crocodile%2Bwarning%2Bsign%2Bpublic%2Bboat%2Bhouse%2Bst%2Blucia%2Bseptember%2B2014.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5kMlUzkx7Ec/VCqMAfRXPZI/AAAAAAAABKg/ZcLJqMHfkXE/s1600/crocodile%2Bwarning%2Bsign%2Bpublic%2Bboat%2Bhouse%2Bst%2Blucia%2Bseptember%2B2014.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a>During our stay in St. Lucia I met up with many old friends, as I used to live in Mtubatuba which is just 25 Km to the west of St. Lucia, and many of those who I met up with asked why I had abandoned my fight with the IWPA (iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority) around the 4x4 ban issue and the many job losses associated with this. Well this fight caused me many economic losses and cost me an awful lot more than most will realise, and is one of the primary reasons why my business went bankrupt, along with many others who were dependent on the local tourism industry along the Elephant Coast of KZN South Africa as a knock on impact of the 4x4 ban.<br />
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Unfortunately my business was very informal, and I never kept any records, at that time in my life I also had a DRINKING PROBLEM, and spent an awful lot more money in the pubs than I should have. I used to make and sell a CHILLI PASTE that was marketed under the brand name of FRANCO's HOTSTUFF which was quite well known by locals and domestic tourists within the area. I would never leave home without a bottle or twenty and sell these during the day and spend the money on beers or what ever took my fancy.<br />
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During those years life within the Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park was like living in paradise. The domestic tourists who frequented the Elephant Coast Beaches spent large sums of money on arts and crafts and in the local pubs, restaurants and shops, but this was a short lived issue, as the IWPA (iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority) took a very dim view of domestic tourists and started calling them visitors, instead of tourists. The IWPA also made things increasingly difficult for the domestic tourist to enjoy the wetland park, and supported the closure of all the beaches within the park in terms of the 4x4 ban, and have done nothing to alleviate the huge loss of jobs and associated revenue caused by the fact that the domestic tourism market had a partial collapse, where KZN tourism estimated that 20 000 or more people lost their economic opportunities within the St. Lucia region. see<a href="http://bit.ly/ocasionalpaper20" target="_blank"> http://bit.ly/ocasionalpaper20</a><br />
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I left the Mtubatuba area in 2010 and have since then not been that active in the fight to open the Elephant coast beaches to reasonable motor vehicle traffic. There has been a call by some to get me back into this fight, but i am not willing to step into this fight untill such time as I get a public mandate and proper support from the ARBU (Association of Recreational Beach Users) to this end I have established a petition with the AVAAST community and would appreciate it if you took the time and effort to sign that petition, as well as s hare it with your friends, your customers and your online audience. <br />
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Once there are enough signatures on this petition I will truly pick up the fight and put pressure on the IWPA to come clean and do what needs to be done to fix the issues associated with the 4x4 ban. These are difficult issues that have many thorny aspects that most are afraid of tackling due to the divisions within the public on the 4x4 ban issue which is as a result of the pressures of the mining industry on theSouth African Government to get mining permits for the area between Cape St. Lucia Light House and the Mozambique border at Kozi bay.</div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X9w5010mhmc/VCqMBu9VlfI/AAAAAAAABKw/HUIYjVFQITI/s1600/public%2Bjetty%2B-%2Bpublic%2Bslipway%2Bst%2Blucia%2Bseptember%2B2014.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X9w5010mhmc/VCqMBu9VlfI/AAAAAAAABKw/HUIYjVFQITI/s1600/public%2Bjetty%2B-%2Bpublic%2Bslipway%2Bst%2Blucia%2Bseptember%2B2014.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a>This in itself is another controversial issue that needs to be addressed with the idea that the rehabilitation of the land after mining is the primary issue. The area is already in great ecological distress from poor management of the environment for a number of decades, and lake St. Lucia is no longer functioning as the fish breeding grounds that it was once world famous for. Global warming and changing rainfall pattens as well as the poor agricultural management of the catchment area are issues that need to be mitigated and some form of relief for the past damages as associated with the drought in the late 1950's and the subsequent floods in 1963 which caused major disruptions in the ecological functioning of lake St. Lucia and the St. Lucia estuary system. In the late 1960's there was an opportunity to dredge the lake back to its former glory, as the Dutch government had made some offers to assist in this regard, but politics got in the way and this project (DREDGING THE LAKE) was shelved, and forgotten.</div>
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These issues are still with us and are now even more vital to fix. The only way that this will happen is if these issues are addressed at the mandated public participation process meetings, which the IWPA (iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority) has been mandated to conduct in terms of the NEMA (National Environmental Management Act) and its subservient legislation such as the ICMA (Integrated Coastal Management Act) and the ROD that closed all the south African beaches to motor vehicle driving, and many others. The IWPA (iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority) has also been mandated by the MSA or Municipal Systems act to have zoning maps and related issues in place, all of which have mandated Public participation process procedures that need to be done during the implementation phases of these laws and associated legislation.</div>
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I have personally had great difficulty in discovering when and where these PPPM's (Public Participation Process Meetings) will be held, and have sent email to the registered email address for he IWPA as per their web site and other official publications and had a ZERO response from them. these emails are available upon request, and are my leverage when it comes to going to court because the IWPA have failed to implement the law, and the subsequent court cases that will be following in the not to distant future, as I have intentions of pushing these issues untill the courts either force the IWPA to comply, or the IWPA is replaced by a competent organisation that will run the IWP (iSimangaliso Wetland Park) as is deemed appropriate by the WHC (world heritage Council) at the UN (United Nations)</div>
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During our stay within the St. Lucia region we also learned that there were very serious allegations of further mismanagement of the esturay, when the IWPA dug a trench which linked the Umfolozi River mouth to the Lake St. Lucia Estuary, which has since silted up and closed up further due to wind erosion which has made this trench ineffective and meaningless in terms of water management within the lake St. Lucia water systems.</div>
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There will be a follow up post discussing this just as soon as I am able to confirm things and have spoken to the sponsors of this action.</div>
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We as the ARBU managment require your input and you may send email to us at arbu@info4u.co.za</div>
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<a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/105780823874559180072/posts" target="_blank">If you have any information that may shed extra light on these allegations of mismanagement of the St. Lucia water flow issues, please forward them to us at arbu@info4u.co.za or see our Google plus page</a> <br />
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this is part of the 4u2gofishing project which uses the hashtag #4u2gofishing </div>
Frankie2sockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03140869185639586137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856180892288404789.post-52897605165922009102014-03-26T16:03:00.000-07:002014-03-26T16:03:02.807-07:00Time for action.. Either do this or loose out for ever!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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BACK GROUND</h2>
<a href="http://bit.ly/arbu-community" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Visit the ARBU G+ Community" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h-um1k9kM-U/UzNFxXqxsRI/AAAAAAAAArY/jprg0ED9Mo4/s1600/ARBU+G%252B+community+logo+-+sept+2013.png" title="The Association of recreational users has a Google Plus community in place" /></a><br />
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The 4x4 ban or the closure of the all
beaches within the coastal zones of South Africa to reasonable motor
vehicle access in terms of legislation associated with the NEMA
(National Environmental Management Act) has had a very negative impact
on domestic tourism along the entire coastal belt of South Africa.<br />
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Some
areas have had bigger losses than others, and the rural areas along the
entire Coastline of South Africa have been in the forefront of these
very substantial impacts with many thousands of economic opportunities
(read jobs) being shed due to exceptionally low domestic tourism
numbers along the South African coastal belt. <br />
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This blog is in place to discuss these losses and an action
plan to restore a portion of these lost economic opportunities by
establishing some recreational tourism access to the remote beaches of
the the Elephant cost of KZN South Africa through following the
procedures laid out in the ICMA (Integrated Coastal Management Act) and
the<a href="http://bit.ly/MSA-2000" target="_blank"> MSA (Municipal Systems Act)</a> as well as the <a href="http://bit.ly/nema-preamble" target="_blank">NEMA (National Environmental Management Act)</a> and associated legislation, including <a href="http://bit.ly/ROD-A-25-7-8-3-2-4-IWPA" target="_blank">the ROD (Record of decision)</a> which was taken to close the elephant Coast beaches to reasonable recreational vehicle access.</div>
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<a href="http://bit.ly/ARBU-plus-page" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="visit the ARBU Google Plus Page" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6PfeWqKhs1s/UzNFxpFMVFI/AAAAAAAAArc/lfikW3NkpGI/s1600/arbu+logo+-+april+2013.png" title="Association of Recreational beach users G+ Page" /></a>This
is a very tall order, and the last time I got involved in this, I had
extreme issues in getting the public to attend mandated meetings such as<a href="http://iwpappp.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> PPP (Public Participation Process)</a>
meetings and local municipality Integrated development plan Public
Representative Forum meetings. I ended up loosing the battle, and gave
up hope of ever gaining reasonable motor vehicle access to my favourite
recreation fishing grounds along the elephant coast of KZN South Africa.<br />
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Since
December 2013 I have been recieving emails and phone calls asking me
to take up this issue again. I have been tempted, and refused quite a
few times, but the call of those great fishing spots, that can only be
reached by driving down the beach or walking more than 8 Km along the
beach is just too great. I miss those fishing trips, and would simply
love to go there again, with my friends.<br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition" target="_blank"><img alt="sign our petition" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xHiiYtAuzdA/UzNW0q2z-zI/AAAAAAAAAro/F5PqlTxBeOg/s1600/ARBU+-+profile+pic.png" height="200" title="ARBU has a petition " width="400" /></a></div>
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The
reaction of the south African public to the 4x4 ban came as a surprise
to many, and the fact that the South African population shunned the
remote beaches of South Africa had many unwanted and surprisingly
negative impacts, to both the financial and natural environments. I
will be talking about the Elephant Coast here because that is the area
where I have personal experience, but other rural coastal areas have the
same and similar issues with both the natural environment and the
socio-economic environments.<br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/ocasionalpaper20" target="_blank">The socio-economic effects</a>
are easily seen, and many of those who relied on the domestic tourism
market for their income are now living off the fat of the land, and
causing environmental degradation within the entire Umkhanyakude
district Municipality, as the friends, family and colleges of those who
come to the Elephant Coast for their fishing holiday are now putting up
great resistance to the idea of walking great distances down the
beaches, and have thus forced a change in coastal tourism dynamics.<br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition" target="_blank"><img alt="sign our petition" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xHiiYtAuzdA/UzNW0q2z-zI/AAAAAAAAAro/F5PqlTxBeOg/s1600/ARBU+-+profile+pic.png" height="200" title="ARBU has a petition " width="400" /></a> </div>
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These very serious drops in the domestic tourism numbers are a very large concern to us as the Association Of Recreational beach users, as this impacts on our members coastal experiences. This mass stay away has caused manybusinesses within the <a href="http://bit.ly/ocasionalpaper20" target="_blank">DOMESTIC TOURISM MARKET </a>to
close up shop, and those that remained have not been doing very well at
all, with many becoming bankrupt and their employees finding them selves destitute. <br />
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It has been alleged
that the camp sites at Mapelane in the extreme South East corner of the
iSimangaliso Wetland Park lost more than 90 % of their annual turn over,
and the IWPA (iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority) has refused to
discuss this at the Mtubatuba Local Municipality Integrated Development
Plan Public Representatives Forum meetings as well as at Mandated PPP
(Public Participation Process) meetings in terms of the 4x4 ban and
associated laws and legislation.<br />
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The laws and legislation have been written in a people friendly way, and the South African Constitution gives us the<a href="http://bit.ly/environmental_law" target="_blank"> rights in chapter 2, section 24</a>,
but the people need to take up the issue and attend the mandated
meetings in sufficient numbers to force the issue at local municipality IDP level, where these matters are supposed to be addressed in terms of various different laws and associated legislation. <br />
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Those who
are not following their public mandates in terms of the various acts and
associated legislation must either be removed from office or forced fix the
issues according to the laws in place.<br />
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I am once again taking up the issue, and request your help in the form of a mandate. <a href="http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition" target="_blank">click this link </a>to see our petition and then if you agree, give us your mandate by signing the petition.<br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition" target="_blank"><img alt="sign our petition" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xHiiYtAuzdA/UzNW0q2z-zI/AAAAAAAAAro/F5PqlTxBeOg/s1600/ARBU+-+profile+pic.png" height="200" title="ARBU has a petition " width="400" /></a></div>
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Frankie2sockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03140869185639586137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856180892288404789.post-20893482356298303642013-12-20T04:23:00.002-08:002013-12-20T05:04:52.718-08:00public rights in terms of the Integrated Coastal managment act<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>we need some moral support from the public see <a href="http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition">http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition</a></b></h3>
When discussing the 4x4 ban and its negative implications for the Elephant Coast Tourism Industry I am often confronted with the question "what right do you have to challenge the 4x4 ban?"<br />
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We need to confirm these negative implications, and I feel the best way to do that is to <a href="http://www.zulu.org.za/userfiles/1/file/ForIvestorandResearcher/Research/Occ%20Papers%20PDFs/Occ%20paper%2020%20Legislation%20on%20the%20Use%20of%204X4%27s%20on%20Beaches%20.pdf" target="_blank">reference an occasional paper issued by KZN Tourism in 2004 </a>where KZN tourism alleges that more than 20 000, thats right "TWENTY THOUSAND" people lost their jobs as the result of the knock on impacts of the 4x4 ban.<br />
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we need some moral support from the public see <a href="http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition">http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition</a></h3>
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Next we need to do an insitu evaluation of the folks who lost their economic opportunities, and what they can do to mitigate their situation. The vast majority of the 20 000 plus people who become indigent due to the knock on impacts of the 4x4 ban come from the local indigenous Zulu / Tsonga people who relied a great deal on the tourism trade associated with recreational use of the Elephant Coast beaches. Many within this sector were associated with the arts and crafts industry, in one of the following areas:<br />
a) collection and gathering of relevant raw materials for the manufacture and distribution of local arts and crafts industry<br />
b) the actual manufacture of the arts and crafts<br />
c) sales and distribution of locally produced arts and crafts<br />
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<b>we need some moral support from the public see <a href="http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition">http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition</a></b></h3>
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The next sector where there were big losses is those who provided tourism services and labor to the tourism sector. Here we are talking of :<br />
a) waiters, and other staff at restaurants<br />
b) maids and cleaning crews at lodges,B+B's , self catering establishments, camp sites, hotels and guest houses<br />
c) Gilly's, boat crews, divers assistants, Tour guides, drivers, gardeners and other official laborers<br />
d) shop assistants, petrol attendants, front end staff, and managers of tourism businesses.<br />
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So you may ask how did the 4x4 ban cause these losses? and you would have a very valid question that is easily explained, though the explanation is complex, and has many strangely related issues. Tthe basics is that those who used to come along with the fisher folk for an outing suddenly were asked to walk great distances to preferred fishing spots, and they rebelled against this idea, as they were along for the experience, and were not into the serious walking issue that they were suddenly confronted with.<br />
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<b>we need some moral support from the public see <a href="http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition">http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition</a></b></h3>
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Simple solution, these tourists who were just along for he ride suddenly disappeared off of the Elephant Coast Tourism industry's radar, along with their vast spending power as tourists or weekenders . This did not just impact on one or two areas, but was wide spread over the entire South African coastline. Some areas were affected more than others, but I can only speak for the Elephant Coast, as I lived in the town of Mtubatuba during this time period where the Elephant Coast Tourism Industry had a very serious collapse, with the resort of Mapelane allegedly loosing more than 95 % of their annual turnover.<br />
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These statistics can easily be confirmed by the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority (IWPA) as they are the legal successors of the GSLWPA (Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park Authority) who is the South African Government body appointed to manage the iSimangaliso Wetland Park World Heritage Park World Heritage Site which includes the Elephant Coast of KZN south Africa within the Umkhanyakude district Municipality.<br />
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<b>we need some moral support from the public see <a href="http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition">http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition</a></b></h3>
Exactly how many would be recreational beach users stopped visiting the Elephant Coast is still a mystery, even after there were numerous government studies done, which were submitted to parliament, but never discussed at local municipality level, as well as the many PPP (Public Participation Process) meetings for the IWPA IMP (iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority Integrated Management Plan) and the IWPA submissions in terms of <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/info4u.co.za/file/d/0Bx2QSHFfEjk2OTY2ZjJkNTctYzU4NC00YmZmLWJlY2QtMzcwNThmZjg5ZTFi/edit?hl=en" target="_blank">ROD a25/7/8/3/2/4 or the 4x4 ban</a> in both sections A (6) as well as B (6) which would need to be conducted in terms of the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) and associated legislation.<br />
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So we have established that in our opinion the 4x4 ban has caused a serious and very negative economic impact within the Elephant Coast of KZN South Africa. The exact size of these losses has never been discussed within the Mtubatuba local municipality during any of their annual reviews of the Mtubatuba Local Municipality Integrated Development Plan Public Representatives Forum meetings, nor at any of the WPA IMP PPP meetings.<br />
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<b>we need some moral support from the public see <a href="http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition">http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition</a></b></h3>
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What to do now?<br />
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Firsts we need some moral support from the public see <a href="http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition">http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition</a><br />
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next we need to attend the Mtubatuba IDP PRF meetings and present this petition along with some requests for inclusion of issues into the Mtubatuba Local Municipality IDP.<br />
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During the last few weeks starting in late October 2013 many people have been asking me to get involved in these issues once more, and I really would love to go fishing along the Elephant Coast of KZN in comfort and style, so I have opted to take up the issue as requested.<br />
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So from Jan 2014 you will start seeing and hearing more about the ARBU and its related efforts to have the Elephant Coast tourism issues addressed at the correct political levels including the local municipality IDP and its subsequent elevation to the provincial legislature then the national legislature.<br />
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<b>we need some moral support from the public see <a href="http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition">http://bit.ly/4x4ban-petition</a></b></h3>
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Frankie2sockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03140869185639586137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856180892288404789.post-20521627726807454162013-08-27T12:26:00.000-07:002013-08-27T12:26:07.018-07:00ARBU seeks a mandate - south coast live<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The ARBU or Association of recreational Beach Users needs a public mandate and is thus advertising all over the place requesting the public to take a look at <a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Address_the_issues_of_the_4x4_ban_and_the_economic_losses_associataed_with_the_absense_of_the_recreational_beach_users/" target="_blank">our mandate request</a><br />
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The South Coast of KZN South Africa has a marketing platform at http://southcoastlive.co.za and the ARBU has opted to use this platform, amongst many others.<br />
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<a href="http://www.southcoastlive.co.za/node/2827" target="_blank">You can see our social request for your mandate here </a><br />
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<a href="http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=185176" target="_blank">to read the latest request by the minister for comment on the 4x4 ban issue see this page </a><br />
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This new draft legislation is not that vastly different from the current legislation, and it still has no clauses for public access to the Elephant Coast beaches, and no mention is made of the vast job losses associated with this legislation as in this<a href="http://www.zulu.org.za/userfiles/1/file/ForIvestorandResearcher/Research/Occ%20Papers%20PDFs/Occ%20paper%2020%20Legislation%20on%20the%20Use%20of%204X4%27s%20on%20Beaches%20.pdf" target="_blank"> report by KZN Tourism</a><br />
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These issues are very complicated and the government is trying to side step many thorny issues which include<br />
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<li>lost economic opportunities as a result of the 4x4 ban</li>
<li>environmental impacts of the 4x4 ban on the IWP (iSimangaliso Wetland Park)</li>
<li>the tourism impact of the 4x4 ban on the domestic tourism market of the Elephant Coast</li>
<li>non compliance of the ICMA by the minister of Environmental affairs</li>
<li>non compliance of the ICMA by the IWPA (iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority)</li>
<li>Inability of the local municipalities within Umkhanyakude district municipality to comply with the ICMA as a result of the non co-operation of the IWPA (iSimangaliso wetland Park)</li>
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ICMA = Integrated Coastal Management Act <a href="https://www.environment.gov.za/sites/default/files/legislations/nema_amendment_act24.pdf" target="_blank"> act no 24 vof 2008 </a><br />
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We will be looking a bit deeper into these matters and be posting more indepth posts soon. <a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Address_the_issues_of_the_4x4_ban_and_the_economic_losses_associataed_with_the_absense_of_the_recreational_beach_users/" target="_blank">in the mean time we still need your mandate </a><br />
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If you do decide to sign our mandate with AVAAZ.ORG thrn please also ask others to do the same. the more signatures we get the better the influence your mandate will have when we need to use it at public meetings and in our court applications.<br />
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many thanx for reading, please comment and ask others to visit our pages to.</div>
Frankie2sockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03140869185639586137noreply@blogger.com0Windsor on Sea, Margate, South Africa-30.8124535104662 30.404995679855347-30.8133060104662 30.403735179855346 -30.811601010466198 30.406256179855347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856180892288404789.post-38983025835522006662013-06-12T08:57:00.000-07:002013-06-12T09:04:45.409-07:00ARBU requests minister to attend Mtubatuba IDPThe issues around the 4x4 ban and lost economic opportunities within the Elephant Coast region and the Mtubatuba local municipality have never been discussed at the Mtubatuba local municipality Integrated Development Plan Public Representatives Forum and the Management of the Association of Recreational Beach Users feel that this issue needs to be addressed so that everybody can be on the same page, and those who have been playing by unknown rules can be held accountable by the current rules and regulations just like everybody else.<br />
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To achieve this we have sent a request to the Ministers office requesting that the minister attend the Mtubatuba Local Municipality Integrated Development Plan Public Representatives Forum and inform the Mtubatuba residents of the steps that the minister is taking to ensure that the ICMA (Integrated Coastal Management Act) is indeed being applied within the coastal zones of the Mtubatuba Municipality.<br />
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The IWPA or iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority has been appointed by the minister to act as the custodian of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park world heritage site, as per legislation connected with the world heritage convention act, and as such is the responsible authority to ensure that the zoning and zoning maps for the areas under their control are kept up to date and made available to the public through the Mtubatuba Municipality's LUMS (Land Use Management System) for the areas that fall within the Mtubatuba local municipality, and at other local municipalities within the Umkhanyakude district municipality where the IWP WHS (iSimangaliso Wetland Park World Heritage Site) falls within their jurisdiction.<br />
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The IWPA have neglected to do this, or I should rather rephrase that to read OBJECTED to perform these duties as they have been mandated to by various acts and associated legislation. The ARBU (Association of Recreational Beach Users) has been trying for many years to get the IWPA (iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority) to conform with these laws and regulations through the channels as laid out in the rules for the local municipality's Integrated Development Plan strategies, but failed miserably due to the attitude and dirty tricks tactics of the IWPA management.<br />
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It has thus become time to take drastic action and request that the minister intervene. below is a copy of our correspondence to Mrs. Elsebe Peens who works in the ministers office, and her acknowledgement of receipt for our request.<br />
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our message sent...<br />
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<tr> <td colspan="2">Cc: pretpeppie <pretpeppie@vodamail.co.za>, Petrus Viviers <petrusviv@gmail.com>, Frans van der Walt <frans@qs2000plus.co.za> </td></tr>
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My reff = IDP PRF / mtuba / June 2013<br />
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email sent to <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/18kdzeg0g9yt8/?&v=b&cs=wh&to=peens@dwa.gov.za">peens@dwa.gov.za</a> as requested by members. / also<br />
published to blog <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2F4x4ban.blogspot.com%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH71Hd5WnTshzBfoAsVf43waY3rig" target="_blank">http://4x4ban.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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Attention / action : Minister of Environmental Affairs : Me. Edna Molewa<br />
all others FYI - (please forward to those concerned in your contacts lists)<br />
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Fishing issues, the 4x4 ban and lake St. Lucia as breeding ground for<br />
many fish species.<br />
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The ARBU or Association of recreational users has been requested to<br />
take action and help the residents of St. Lucia in the Mtubatuba local<br />
municipality, of the Umkhanyakude district municipality in KZN in<br />
their efforts to bring the mismanagement of the lake St. Lucia to the<br />
attention of the minister, and request that the minister address their<br />
concerns through personal attendance of the Mtubatuba Local<br />
Municipality's IDP PRF (Integrated Development Plan Public<br />
Representatives Forum) process, where an explanation of a few<br />
different items would be required to be discussed.<br />
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These items are all directly connected to the tourism potential of the<br />
Elephant Coast as a whole, and the Mtubatuba Municipality in<br />
particular.<br />
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Part 1 the 4x4 ban (<br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zulu.org.za%2Fuserfiles%2F1%2Ffile%2FForIvestorandResearcher%2FResearch%2FOcc%2520Papers%2520PDFs%2FOcc%2520paper%252020%2520Legislation%2520on%2520the%2520Use%2520of%25204X4%2527s%2520on%2520Beaches%2520.pdf&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHLEqiddFFRPgt8eDgnHAgBfP48uA" target="_blank">http://www.zulu.org.za/<wbr></wbr>userfiles/1/file/<wbr></wbr>ForIvestorandResearcher/<wbr></wbr>Research/Occ%20Papers%20PDFs/<wbr></wbr>Occ%20paper%2020%<wbr></wbr>20Legislation%20on%20the%<wbr></wbr>20Use%20of%204X4%27s%20on%<wbr></wbr>20Beaches%20.pdf</a><br />
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1) the serious economic losses associated with the drop in domestic<br />
tourism numbers caused by the 4x4 ban has never been addressed at the<br />
Mtubatuba Local municipality Integrated Development plan, where all<br />
zoning matters are supposed to be addressed as is mandated in the<br />
1) Municipal systems act<br />
2) the NEMA (national environmental management act)<br />
3) the ICMA (Integrated Coastal Management Act)<br />
4) other related legislation<br />
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This implies that the zoning of the coastal recreational use areas as<br />
practiced and implemented by the IWPA (iSimanagliso wetland park<br />
Authority) are in practice illegal.<br />
<br />
The minister is mandated by the ICMA (Integrated Coastal Management<br />
Act) to bring the changes made by the minister (or his appointed<br />
agents) in terms of the NEMA (National Environmental Management Act)<br />
and associated 4x4 ban legislation to the attention of the local<br />
municipality and have these changes introduced to the local<br />
Municipalities LUMS (land use management system ) and the appropriate<br />
zones to be reflected in the local municipalities maps once these<br />
changes have been accepted and processed as per the appropriate<br />
legislation. It must be noted that when a zoning issue is brought<br />
before the court, the only zoning that is valid is the current zoning<br />
as reflected in the specified local Municipality's zoning maps at the<br />
time of the contravention or alleged contravention.<br />
<br />
If these zones have not been not accepted by the identified local<br />
municipality's IDP PRF as per the mandated procedures in the relevant<br />
acts they are not valid and may be contested in court, and the<br />
ministers point of view will thus be moot and thrown out of evidence.<br />
The IWPA ( iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority) has never participated<br />
in these procedures to have their zones included in any municipal maps<br />
at the Mtubatuba local municipality IDP PRF level, and the minister<br />
has not sent a Representative to the Mtubatuba local Municipality IDP<br />
PRF to have these issues addressed.<br />
<br />
This introduction of the ministers changes to the Mtubatuba local<br />
municipality's zoning maps has thus not been done, and we request that<br />
this be addressed in the current IDP review process. This request does<br />
not come lightly, and we are currently evaluating the possibility of<br />
taking legal action against the minister, and her appointees, for<br />
failure to perform oversight in regards to these issues.<br />
<br />
<br />
Part 2 fish stocks<br />
<br />
It has come to the attention of the Association of Recreational Reach<br />
Users that our membership base has been accused of over fishing the<br />
Elephant Coast during many different discussions with a wide variety<br />
of the public and their different associations, around the 4x4 ban<br />
issue. This is an insult and very far from the truth.<br />
<br />
The fact that the breeding grounds of many fish species is mismanaged<br />
by the IWPA (iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority) is never brought up<br />
and we as the ARBU (Association of Recreational Beach Users) feel that<br />
it is time that the minister came to the Mtubatuba Local Municipality<br />
IDP PRF (Integrated Development plan Public Representatives Forum) and<br />
discuss these issues in detail so that the Mtubatuba Municipality may<br />
make the appropriate requests for government assistance, as well as<br />
assistance from the United Nations and other international sources to<br />
address these ultra important issues in the correct forums, as the<br />
IWPA has blatantly refused to do so after many direct requests at the<br />
Mtubatuba Local municipality Integrated development plan public<br />
representatives forum by my self personally as CEO of Info4u and a<br />
founding member of the Association of Recreational Beach Users, as<br />
well as numerous others who have tourism issues along the Elephant<br />
Coast of KZN South Africa as a concern.<br />
<br />
The records of the Mtubatuba Local Municipality Integrated Development<br />
Plan Public Representatives forum will reflect the many times that I<br />
have personally requested the IWPA to take up the issues of the 4x4<br />
ban and related economic impacts of low tourism numbers as well as the<br />
poor ecological management of lake St. Lucia and this impact on<br />
tourism numbers to the Elephant Coast.<br />
<br />
Issues that need to be addressed with urgency are listed here. There<br />
are many other issues that need to be addressed, but they are in our<br />
opinion not as urgent as these matters listed below<br />
<br />
1) the levels of DDT in Lake St. Lucia with associated toxicology<br />
reports as a direct result of the Anti malaria campaign introduced by<br />
the past minister Mr. Vali Musa<br />
2) Water flow issues as a result of the restrictions imposed by man<br />
made structures, and the IWPA dredging spoil dumps as well as other<br />
related actions including filling of the back channels with building<br />
rubble by the IWPA along and within the St. Lucia Estuary delta ,<br />
with a focus on the bridge as one enters the town of St. Lucia<br />
3) the silting up of Lake St. Lucia following the 1963 floods and the<br />
subsequent actions taken by all authorities since then to address the<br />
problems of declining fish stocks as a result of the massive damage to<br />
the ecosystem<br />
4) the current custodians of lake St. Lucia (the iSimangaliso Wetland<br />
Park) and their refusal to follow instructions as mandated in the many<br />
laws and associated legislation which mandate them to hold Public<br />
Participation meetings and give feed back to the public through the<br />
appropriate channels such as the local municipality Integrated<br />
Development Plan Public Representatives Forums.<br />
<br />
The Ministers input and attendance of the Mtubatuba Local<br />
Municipality's IDP PRF would be highly appreciated, and have a very<br />
large impact on the ability of the Mtubatuba Local Municipality to<br />
solve some of the problems or at least mitigate against the issues<br />
relating to the 4x4 ban and the mismanagement of lake St. Lucia by the<br />
iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority with the related impacts of these<br />
actions on the domestic and foreign tourism trade flow patterns, and<br />
the job losses associated with this poor management practices of the<br />
IWPA.<br />
<br />
Regards Frank<br />
<br />
Frank Gainsford <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fsocial.me%2Finfo4u2use&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGW4QhmQDCCcAQJSNc6isKm8-KEFg" target="_blank">http://social.me/info4u2use</a><br />
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<b>RE:
Request minister of Environmental affairs to attend the Mtubatuba IDP -
- RE: 4 X 4 ban and St. Lucia as breeding ground for many fish species -
from The Association of Recreational Beach Users</b></h2>
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Dear Mr Gainsford<br />
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On behalf of the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Mrs B E E
Molewa, MP, I hereby acknowledge receipt of your electronic letter with
reference IDP PRF / MTUBA June 2013 dated 11 June 2013, in the above
regard.<br />
<br />
The content has been noted and will be brought to the attention of the Minister.<br />
<br />
Sincere regards<br />
<br />
Elsabe<br />
Office of the Minister<br />
Ministry of Water and Environmental Affairs<br />
Sedibeng Building, PRETORIA<br />
Tel : +27 12 336 8888<br />
Fax : +27 12 336 7817<br />
Cell: 083 266 9351<br />
email: <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/9sg8c90h0wc/?&v=b&cs=wh&to=peense@dwa.gov.za">peense@dwa.gov.za</a></div>
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Frankie2sockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03140869185639586137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856180892288404789.post-1235824547079561312013-06-12T06:05:00.000-07:002013-08-23T02:05:12.219-07:00The ARBU needs a mandate to take up the 4x4 ban issue<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The association of recreational beach users ( #ARBU) has been around for some time, but has never really got popular with the masses because we were seen as "ECO TERRORISTS" who wanted to invade the beaches of the Elephant Coast of KZN South Africa and destroy all the sand dunes by driving where no person should.<br />
<br />
<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Address_the_issues_of_the_4x4_ban_and_the_economic_losses_associataed_with_the_absense_of_the_recreational_beach_users/" target="_blank" title="please consider signing our petition">help us fix the problem : view our petition and then decide </a></h2>
It is just <span style="font-size: large;"><b>not true that our members are "ECO TERRORISTS"</b></span> , and we as responsible naturalists and environmentalists understand that our beaches need protection from hooligans and irresponsible people. Unfortunately there are some who just do not understand reason, or are not connected with the true spirit of conservation through sustainable utilization.<br />
<br />
Most of the people who have supported the closure of all beaches to reasonable motor vehicle access are city dwellers who have no perception of the vast open spaces of the Elephant Coast of KZN South Africa, nor the huge tourism potential of this region. The closure of the Elephant Coast beaches has resulted in Huge job losses in the region of 20 000 (twenty thousand) way back in 2004, as outlined in a <a href="http://www.zulu.org.za/userfiles/1/file/ForIvestorandResearcher/Research/Occ%20Papers%20PDFs/Occ%20paper%2020%20Legislation%20on%20the%20Use%20of%204X4%27s%20on%20Beaches%20.pdf" target="_blank" title="read this report by KZN Tourism">report by KZN Tourism found here </a> <br />
<br />
These job losses associated with the decline in domestic tourism numbers along the Elephant Coast have put an awful lot more pressure on the environment, as the rural people affected by these job losses are now more reliant on the environment to supply their daily needs, and so use more local natural resources in inappropriate ways to feed their families and pay their daily bills. These impacts are very extreme in some areas where the rural people involved in the manufacture and sales of arts and crafts to the domestic tourism industry have congregated due to the tourism flow patterns which have been established over time.<br />
<br />
For us as the management of the Association of Recreational beach users to take up the fight and rectify these issues we need the support of the general public. To get the support of the public we have established this blog, a web site at <a href="http://arbu.info4u.co.za/" target="_blank">http://arbu.info4u.co.za </a>and some <a href="http://social.me/arbu%E2%80%8E" target="_blank">social media profiles. </a><br />
<br />
These issues are not just about physical driving on beaches with 4x4 vehicles, but about access to remote areas in a sustainable manner to benefit the largest portion of the South African public, and the sustainable tourism that is associated with the use of the Elephant Coast beaches tourism potential as a natural resource as well.<br />
<br />
The 4x4 ban put a stop to this use of the Elephant Coast beaches as a natural tourism resource, and the consequences are very evident with the large drop in domestic tourism numbers and the associated job losses which the 4x4 ban has caused.<br />
<br />
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<a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Address_the_issues_of_the_4x4_ban_and_the_economic_losses_associataed_with_the_absense_of_the_recreational_beach_users/" target="_blank" title="please sign our petition">Please view our petition and consider signing it</a></h2>
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visit our web site at <a href="http://arbu.info4u.co.za/" target="_blank">http://arbu.info4u.co.za</a></h2>
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see our social media links at <a href="http://social.me/arbu" target="_blank">social.me/arbu </a></h2>
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Frankie2sockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03140869185639586137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856180892288404789.post-25592630799197426262013-04-20T04:03:00.001-07:002013-04-20T04:21:47.014-07:00Objection to Notice 150 of 2013<h1>
Copy of message received from Sandy Mcdonald (Department of Environmental Affairs) answering our attempt to to comment on / object to <a href="http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=185176" target="_blank" title="read the original notice here">Draft legislation as per notice 150 of 2013 published in the Governement Gazzet</a></h1>
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<br />
Notice the delays and that the reply to our objection / comment on this notice did not come from the person listed in the notice as the official who should be dealing with these matters. Also notice the date of transmission (16 April 2013) when the comments closed on 30 March 2013<br />
<br />
Your comments will be appreciated... both sides of the fence are welcome..<br />
<br />
<br />
---------- Forwarded message ---------- <br />
From: Sandy McDonald <<a href="mailto:amdonald@environment.gov.za">amdonald@environment.gov.za</a>> <br />
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:20:00 +0200 <br />
Subject: Re: Fwd: Objection Notice 150 of 3013 legal issues... <br />
To: Frank Gainsford <<a href="mailto:admin@info4u.co.za">admin@info4u.co.za</a>> <br />
<br />
Dear Sir / Madam <br />
<br />
Receipt of your comments on the abovementioned draft regulations is <br />
hereby acknowledged. <br />
<br />
Thanking you for your inputs. <br />
<br />
Yours sincerely <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
A J Macdonald <br />
Principal Environmental Officer <br />
Directorate: Coastal Conservation Strategies <br />
Branch: Oceans and Coasts <br />
Department of Environmental Affairs <br />
Telephone: 021 – 819 2493 <br />
Fax: 021 – 819 2445 <br />
E-mail: <a href="mailto:amdonald@environment.gov.za">amdonald@environment.gov.za</a> <br />
Address: 2nd Floor, East Pier Building, East Pier Road, V & A <br />
Waterfront, Cape Town, 8000; <br />
P O Box 52126, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town, 8002 <br />
Web Site: <a href="http://www.environment.gov.za/">www.environment.gov.za</a> ( <a href="http://www.environment.gov.za/">http://www.environment.gov.za/</a> <br />
) <br />
<br />
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solely for the Addressee(s) and may be legally privileged and/or <br />
confidential. <br />
<br />
If you have received this message in error please destroy it and notify <br />
the sender. Any unauthorized usage, disclosure, alteration or <br />
dissemination is prohibited. The Department of Environmental Affairs <br />
(DEA) accepts no responsibility for any loss whether it be direct, <br />
indirect or consequential, arising from information made available and <br />
actions resulting there from. <br />
<br />
The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail message may not <br />
necessarily be those of DEA or DEA-Management. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
>>> Frank Gainsford <<a href="mailto:admin@info4u.co.za">admin@info4u.co.za</a>> 04/04/13 8:33 PM >>> <br />
Attention : 1) <a href="mailto:amdonald@environment.gov.za">amdonald@environment.gov.za</a> 2) <br />
<a href="mailto:fangwenyi@environment.gov.za">fangwenyi@environment.gov.za</a> <br />
all others FYI (for your Information) <br />
<br />
Hi <br />
<br />
I never received a confirmation of receipt for this mail as below. <br />
<br />
on follow up I discovered that others had also not received a notice <br />
of receipt for their submissions. <br />
<br />
Your email addresses as listed below came up as an alternative. <br />
<br />
1) <a href="mailto:amdonald@environment.gov.za">amdonald@environment.gov.za</a> <br />
2) <a href="mailto:fangwenyi@environment.gov.za">fangwenyi@environment.gov.za</a> <br />
<br />
If you are not in a position to help, please advise soonest. <br />
<br />
If you are the right person please advise course of action now. <br />
<br />
Regards Frank <br />
<br />
Frank Gainsford <br />
072 505 5111 <br />
<a href="mailto:frankie2sox@vodamail.co.za">frankie2sox@vodamail.co.za</a> <br />
<br />
---------- Forwarded message ---------- <br />
From: Frank Gainsford <<a href="mailto:admin@info4u.co.za">admin@info4u.co.za</a>> <br />
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:04:52 +0200 <br />
Subject: Objection Notice 150 of 3013 - <br />
To: Jpeter <<a href="mailto:Jpeter@environment.gov.za">Jpeter@environment.gov.za</a>>, Frans van der Walt <br />
<<a href="mailto:frans@qs2000plus.co.za">frans@qs2000plus.co.za</a>> <br />
Cc: Petrus Viviers <<a href="mailto:petrus@forafrica.co.za">petrus@forafrica.co.za</a>>, pretpeppie <br />
<<a href="mailto:pretpeppie@vodamail.co.za">pretpeppie@vodamail.co.za</a>>, <a href="mailto:coastwatch@ceasy.co.za">coastwatch@ceasy.co.za</a> <br />
<br />
Attention Mr. Ryan Peters <br />
<br />
All other recipients FYI (also please forward to whom ever you think <br />
may have an interest in these matters, especially if you feel they may <br />
support the |ARBU in our attempts to gain reasonable recreational <br />
access to the Elephant Coast beaches) <br />
<br />
Please reply soonest with acknowledgement of Receipt. <br />
<br />
If you are not the person appointed to deal with objections to Notice <br />
150 of 2013 in terms of the proposed legislation to close all beaches <br />
to reasonable motor vehicle access please advise who is, as your email <br />
address was listed as the official point of complaint - objection. <br />
<br />
Your Notice No 150 of 2013 as published in the Government gazette No. <br />
36183 dated 1 MARCH 2013 is a direct attempt at government to destroy <br />
the local tourism associated with recreational beach use, and we as <br />
the Association of Recreational Beach Users (ARBU) hereby object to <br />
this legislation in the strongest terms possible. <br />
<br />
The ARBU (Association of recreational Beach Users) will be doing all <br />
within our power to gather the support of the people on the ground and <br />
use all the tools at our disposal to enure that this legislation is <br />
re-written and that it makes provision for recreational beach access <br />
as the original document way back in 2001 had. You may visit our <br />
social media promotional page at <a href="http://social.me/arbu">http://social.me/arbu</a> where you will <br />
links to our various social media profiles and web site <br />
<a href="http://arbu.info4u.co.za/">http://arbu.info4u.co.za</a> <br />
<br />
We will also enure that the gross economic losses associated with this <br />
legislation are dealt with according to the ICMA (Integrated Coastal <br />
Management Act) , the NEMA (National Environmental Management Act), <br />
The WHCA (World Heritage convention Act) and the MSA (Municipal <br />
Systems act) as well as other relevant legislation which is in place <br />
to ensure that the environment is used to create sustainable <br />
Eco-friendly jobs along our coast line. <br />
<br />
We will also do all in our power to ensure that those who pursued this <br />
legislation which violates our collective economic rights in terms of <br />
section 24 of the South African constitution are prosecuted for their <br />
part in this very corrupt legislation which in our view is in place to <br />
ensure that the mining of the Elephant Coast sand dunes takes place. <br />
Proof of this is that the legislation makes provision for mining <br />
vehicles to access our beaches, but makes ZERO provision for <br />
recreational beach use in any shape manner or form. <br />
<br />
Attached bellow find some correspondence from our supporters. There <br />
are many more people who feel the same way, and the ARBU (Association <br />
of Recreational Beach Users) will be gathering their support, and <br />
channeling their collective anger and frustrations to enure a larger <br />
support base, which will be used to tackle this legislation at local <br />
political level. <br />
<br />
The people on the ground are also frustrated and upset that their <br />
situation is not addressed, and that the issue (Read 4x4 ban) which <br />
caused so many job losses, within the Elephant Coast local tourism <br />
industry, is treated so lightly and flippantly by government. In 2004 <br />
KZN tourism issued an objection to similar legislation which was also <br />
just shrugged off by government. Read that objection here <br />
<a href="http://www.zulu.org.za/userfiles/1/file/ForIvestorandResearcher/Research/Occ%20Papers%20PDFs/Occ%20paper%2020%20Legislation%20on%20the%20Use%20of%204X4%27s%20on%20Beaches%20.pdf">http://www.zulu.org.za/userfiles/1/file/ForIvestorandResearcher/Research/Occ%20Papers%20PDFs/Occ%20paper%2020%20Legislation%20on%20the%20Use%20of%204X4%27s%20on%20Beaches%20.pdf</a> <br />
<br />
<br />
The ARBU (Association Of Recreational Users) will be guided by public <br />
opinion and the current trend is that this legislation needs to be <br />
re-written to include recreational vehicle access to our beaches, or <br />
else we must go for broke and ensure that this legislation is <br />
completely over-turned. <br />
<br />
This is how ever not the first choice, as we realise that the <br />
environment needs protection, and that a sustainable plan must be in <br />
place to ensure that our remote coast line does not become like Cape <br />
Town and Durban with hard surface development right into the ocean. <br />
<br />
It thus follows that the legislation needs some serious work, and that <br />
the government needs to take the people on the ground into account. <br />
The economic impacts of this legislation for the Elephant Coast is <br />
huge. in the -- BILLIONS OF RANDS <br />
<br />
The minister has in the past claimed to have done economic studies, <br />
and we advise you to verify that these studies were legitimate and <br />
took into account the huge number of job losses as mentioned in KZN <br />
Tourism Occasional paper 20 as well as the true economic value of the <br />
coastal zones of the Elephant coast as a tourism draw card. <br />
<br />
It would further be appreciated if your could arrange for the <br />
minister, or a delegate of the minister, to come to Mtubatuba and <br />
discuss these losses at the Mtubatuba local municipality Integrated <br />
Development Plan Public Representatives Forum (IDP PRF) so that the <br />
Mtubatuba local municipality could make suitable plans as part of <br />
their IDP (Integrated Development Plan) to assist those made indigent <br />
by the related legislation which this new draft desires to perpetuate. <br />
<br />
Looking forward to working with you to have this legislation amended <br />
so as to include provisions for recreational use areas with reasonable <br />
motor vehicle access, so that the local economy of the Elephant Coast <br />
may prosper as it once did. <br />
<br />
<br />
Regards Frank <br />
<br />
<br />
Frank Gainsford <br />
072 505 5111 <br />
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From: "<a href="mailto:pretpeppie@vodamail.co.za">pretpeppie@vodamail.co.za</a>" <<a href="mailto:pretpeppie@vodamail.co.za">pretpeppie@vodamail.co.za</a>> <br />
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:24:33 +0200 <br />
Subject: Fw: Re: Emailing: St. Lucia 4x4-on-beach <br />
To: <a href="mailto:frank@info4u.co.za">frank@info4u.co.za</a> <br />
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From: Louis Fourie <br />
Date: 3/15/2013 11:47:38 PM <br />
To: <a href="mailto:pretpeppie@vodamail.co.za">pretpeppie@vodamail.co.za</a> <br />
Cc: Nelius.Smith <br />
Subject: Re: Emailing: St. Lucia 4x4-on-beach <br />
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WHO CAN HELP LOCAL TOURISM AND THE LOCAL POPULATION IN AND AROUND THE <br />
iSIMANGALISO WETLAND PARK? <br />
<br />
St Lucia, Sodwana, Kosi bay South Africa are fishing villages. Most <br />
residents live there because they could make a living from fishing or <br />
the <br />
more wealthy live there because they could drive on the beach to fish <br />
or <br />
relax. That is the main recreational activity for locals. <br />
<br />
Without consultation vehicles were banned from the beach eleven years <br />
ago. <br />
The poor locals since suffer tremendously. Many of the more wealthy <br />
locals <br />
relocated. We were promised many hotels and thousands of job <br />
oppertunities <br />
but eleven years later nothing has happened and the mayority of locals <br />
are <br />
poorer than ever and are suffering more than ever before. They are not <br />
allowed to hunt or catch prawns and are shot dead when caught. They <br />
have to <br />
rob tourists to survive. It is dangerous for any tourist to visit Kosi <br />
bay <br />
or Sodwana bay because you will be robbed. Crime is increasing in St <br />
Lucia <br />
quickly. The poor locals have no other income or jobs. They are forced <br />
to <br />
steal to survive. <br />
<br />
The authority is backed and sponsored by the government and Unesco. <br />
Under <br />
the name of conservation we are all made to suffer. <br />
<br />
Eleven years ago there used to be twenty charter boats and everyone <br />
made a <br />
living. Today there are three and they are hardly make a living. The <br />
town <br />
has'nt grown at all in size. Not one street has been added! There was <br />
about <br />
fifty small boats for hire by the public........TODAY THERE IS <br />
NONE!!!!!! <br />
<br />
Total filling station closed. Standard bank closed. Restaurants open <br />
and <br />
close regularly. I can go on and on. <br />
<br />
Only a handfull of individuals enjoy the money the few overseas <br />
tourists <br />
bring in. Hundred thousands of poor locals are exploited, promised a <br />
piece <br />
of the cake but nothing. So called illegal houses of local <br />
entreprenieurs <br />
were bulldozed and wrecked in the park by officials with fat, fat <br />
cheques in <br />
their pockets. No wonder there is so much crime in the park. <br />
<br />
And somewhere UNESCO said us locals should'nt be worse off after they <br />
declared an area WORLD HERITAGE <br />
<br />
We can see that the authority try to promote overseas Eco tourism but <br />
at the <br />
cost of us locals and local tourism. A few days ago on national TV it <br />
was <br />
said " The authority does'nt want the brandy brigade in their park and <br />
the <br />
overseas tourists' footprint is not so big" I've seen some senior <br />
park <br />
officials as drunk as can be in public. <br />
<br />
We asked the minister of conservation as well as the public protector <br />
for <br />
help but to no avail. The organs of government are just too strong. <br />
<br />
<br />
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----- Original Message ----- <br />
From: <a href="mailto:pretpeppie@vodamail.co.za">pretpeppie@vodamail.co.za</a> <br />
To: Louis Fourie <br />
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 7:39 PM <br />
Subject: Fw: Emailing: St. Lucia 4x4-on-beach <br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
St Lucia. <br />
Picture 1. The old days with the Estuary open to the sea and 4 x 4"s <br />
allow <br />
to drive on the beach. <br />
Photos 2 - 3 - 4 is with a person in the 4 x 4"s with a disable <br />
permit. Feb <br />
2013 <br />
<br />
Will it be possible to investigate matters regarding rules and laws <br />
applied to the the banning of driving and parking vehicles on the beach <br />
at <br />
St Lucia. <br />
<br />
------Original Message------- <br />
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Help !!!! <br />
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<br />
The country belongs to the people of South Africa and not to <br />
individual <br />
people making rules and laws to suit them selves !! <br />
It is our right as South African citizens to drive and park our 4 x 4"s <br />
on <br />
the beach. We stay in a democratic country, vote for a Government and <br />
pay <br />
Taxes to keep the country going and on the world map. <br />
We must be given a piece of beach for recreational purposes. Northern <br />
KZN, <br />
St. Lucia. <br />
The rest of the world are driving on their beaches ( world heritage <br />
we <br />
asked for in KZN ) except us in South Africa with 3000 km of beaches. <br />
What <br />
is the reason for the 4 x 4 beach ban that was implemented by the <br />
government <br />
( Mr. Moosa ) <br />
This law remind the RSA citizens of the apartheid regime !! <br />
We want the president Mr. Zuma to do away with this unacceptable 4 x 4 <br />
beach <br />
ban law. <br />
<br />
<br />
M. Pretorius <br />
RSA Citizen <br />
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Cc.UNESCO <br />
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necessarily be those of Management.Frankie2sockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03140869185639586137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856180892288404789.post-83431221144984142592013-04-03T07:36:00.003-07:002013-04-03T07:44:30.612-07:00The purpose of the ARBUThe purpose of the ARBU or Association of Recreational Beach users is to bring together like minded people, and gather public support to challenge the 4x4 ban and all subsequent legislation which has a negative impact on the coastal Environment within the Elephant Coast of KZN south Africa.<br />
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History has clearly shown us the very negative impact of the closure of the Elephant Coast beaches to the regional economy of the Umkhanyakude district Municipality, with KZN Tourism estimating 20 000 (twenty Thousand) plus job losses and large scale economic losses associated with this legislation as in their <a href="http://www.zulu.org.za/userfiles/1/file/ForIvestorandResearcher/Research/Occ%20Papers%20PDFs/Occ%20paper%2020%20Legislation%20on%20the%20Use%20of%204X4%27s%20on%20Beaches%20.pdf" target="_blank" title="Occasional Paper 20 by KZN Tourism">occasional paper no 20 </a>which was published and circulated within the KZN tourism web site.<br />
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The comment period for the <a href="http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=185176" target="_blank" title="Draft legislation for CONTROL OF USE OF VEHICLES IN THE COASTAL AREA REGULATIONS">new draft legislation </a>closed on Sunday 31 March 2013 and our comment that we emailed to the advertised email address did not elicit a response of any kind, not even an acknowledgement of receipt.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://social.me/arbu" target="_blank">The Association of recreational beach users has a social media profile that can be found here</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><script src="https://social.me/arbu/js-48/" type="text/javascript"></script><br />
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</div>The ARBU has a web presence and this blog is in place to boost that web presence and help the management of the ARBU to gain support from the people on the ground, and a mandate from our supporter base to take the 4x4 ban issue up at the political level.<br />
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To contribute to this blog or our collective efforts to have the 4x4 ban issue addressed in a manner that best suits the majority<a href="http://arbu.info4u.co.za/members/membership%20application.htm" target="_blank" title="become a member IT IS FREE"> become a supporter and register here</a> or to offer us your <a href="http://arbu.info4u.co.za/members/online-petition.htm" target="_blank" title="give us a mandate to chalenge the 4x4 ban">personal mandate to take up the issue on your behalf here </a><br />
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Looking forward to keeping you informed and working with you and your friends to solve the many thorny issues of recreational beach access to the Elephant Coast beaches.<br />
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