Does the IWPA have an estuary management plan ?

I have been on the hunt for the current Estuary Management plan for the St. Lucia Estuary in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park,  KZN South Africa, for quite some time now, and am having real difficulty finding this mandated plan within the interwebs.

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GIVE the 4u2fish campaign a mandate to ensure that the IWPA creates and implements an estuary management plan for the St. Lucia estuary and surrounding waterways

The IWPA or iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority has recently  made seriously nasty changes to their web site, and now one can not locate any documents from within the pages at www.isimangaliso.com  I tried using their search box in the top right hand corner of their pages on a desktop, and was very disappointed. I searched for "estuary management plan " and got a few pages in the SERP (Search Engine Results Page ) which looked like this 


I blog about high end Search Engine Optimisation and online marketing issues from a FUFISM based perspective at 4ubrand.blogspot.com so I am not talking out of my hat, and have a reasonable idea of what a web site should do, and what should be in ones pages from a business perspective.  The IWPA is an international player within the tourism and environmental management spaces, and their current website does not reflect this, but rather shows their disdain and contempt for any serious environmentalist. especially if you are a South African,  where  their total focus is on luring tourists to come  and visit a place that is in serious ecological distress, with neglected infrastructures and  poorly maintained public amenities, then charging real high fees at gate entrances.  Just saying their web site sucks and is not helpful to those doing any kind of pre visit research about the area and what to expect.

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GIVE the 4u2fish campaign a mandate to ensure that the IWPA creates and implements an estuary management plan for the St. Lucia estuary and surrounding waterways 

Any way I never found any links to their Estuary management plan.  I searched else where and the closest that I came to finding the current St. Lucia Estuary Managment Plan was this link https://sahris.sahra.org.za/sites/default/files/additionaldocs/iSimangaliso%20EstMP%20St%20Lucia%20%28For%20Public%20Review%29_0.pdf in the website for the South African Heritage Resource Agency

when looking over this plan, one will be quite shocked at the minimal detail.  Now the South African Heritage Resource Agency should in my humble opinion be linking out to the latest Estuary Management plans for the iSimangaliso Wetland Park World Heritage site.  The St. Lucia estuary is not the only estuary within the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, as there are estuaries at both Kozi Bay and Sodwana Bay as well.  These estuaries should also have estuary management plans in place, as is discussed in the ICMA or Integrated Coastal Management Act ( 2008 ) in chapter 4 --- sections 33 and 34

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GIVE the 4u2fish campaign a mandate to ensure that the IWPA creates and implements an estuary management plan for the St. Lucia estuary and surrounding waterways 

These estuary management plans should have been developed in terms of the NEMA or National Environmental Management Act, as the Integrated Coastal Management Act is subservient legislation which is supposed to follow the rules, regulations, procedures and related processes as outlined within the NEMA.

Now this is an awful lot of heavy reading, and there are so many extra regulations and related notices that ones mind just simply starts to spin out of control.

Then there are the problems of demarcation relating to local municipalities and their zoning maps.  Zoning maps are the sole mandate of local municipalities, and the IWPA does not actually have the powers to maintain their own zoning maps.  This is a complicated issue, and even the president is obliged to ensure that any special zoning that he requires is processed through the local municipality's IDP  ( Integrated Development Plan ) process and follows the mandated procedures  including the public participation processes mandated in terms of the MSA (Municipal Systems Act ) and related legislation.  This is clear as the Integrated Coastal Management Act specifies this in section 31 where zoning maps are discussed.

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So there are an awful lot of different acts and  laws and a host of related legislations promulgated under these acts, which makes estuary plans and related record keeping a true nightmare.   So I come back to the original  question, DOES THE IWPA HAVE AN ESTUARY MANAGEMENT PLAN IN PLACE FOR THE ST.  LUCIA ESTUARY ?

GIVE the 4u2fish campaign a mandate to ensure that the IWPA creates and implements an estuary management plan for the St. Lucia estuary and surrounding waterways 

any help in finding an online copy of this mandated document will be appreciated, coz I can not find a link to the St. Lucia Estuary management plan within the online environment.   I have blogged about this before here 

when I visited their offices at the dredger harbour in St. Lucia I was informed that there is an estuary management plan in place and that it is available online.   checking up yesterday and today ( 2 November 2019 )  I WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THIS ESTUARY MANAGEMENT PLAN within the interwebs.

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the 4u2fish campaign has taken over the task of getting the right people to look into ensuring that the St. Lucia Estuary becomes  functional and fish-able again. the 4u2fish  campaign has a petition that we need you to sign  here

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Frankie2Socks and the 4u2fish canpaign

Frankie2Socks (yours  Truly ) is a concerned citizen and an unwilling environmental activist who really just wants to go fishing, and catch fish

Unfortunately, due to shenanigans and crooked folks working for the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority, who have since been transfered (with promotions ) and now have greater influence over the poor management of lake St. Lucia, than they had as management staff at the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority, we are now obliged to take actions and implement activities that will put pressure on our current government to come to the party and help the Local folks on the ground to revive lake St. Lucia and restore the biological functionality of lake St. Lucia and restore our collective economic strengths that came from the prawns, fish and other renewable resources that Lake St. Lucia provided in the past.

the 4u2fish team have numerous platforms and social media profiles in place to supply information and give support to folks who are willing to take up specific issues with the local municipality and other relevant authorities.  

My personal blog at frankie2socks.blogspot.com is also part of this network of interconnected marketing touch points  

Info4u is our official marketing partner, and they run a community outreach blog at 4ubrand.blogspot.com which discusses the FUFISM marketing philosophy and related online marketing tactics that our collective efforts will need to encompass for best results within online search and connected SERP's, be it internal within social media platforms or external such as at BING DICK DUCK GO or GOOGLE

4u2fish.blogspot.com is our official blog which has an official facebook support page at facebook.com/4u2fish 

problems are plenty and answers from those who should be managing our affairs do not make sense, coz all management has been usurped by the  iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority, who do as they please and refuse to be held accountable for their rather nasty economic impacts within the Umkhanyakude District municipality and the four separate local municipalities 

• Big 5 Hlabisa Local Municipality
• Jozini Local Municipality
• Mtubatuba Local Municipality
• uMhlabuyalingana Local Municipality

MDB code: DC27  The uMkhanyakude District Municipality is a Category C municipality located along the coast in the far north of the KwaZulu-Natal Province. It shares its borders with Swaziland and Mozambique, as well as with the districts of Zululand and King Cetshwayo. It is the second-largest district in the province, and consists of the following four local municipalities: uMhlabuyalingana, Jozini, Big 5 Hlabisa and Mtubatuba. 

 ‘uMkhanyakude' refers to the Acacia Xanthophloea fever tree and means ‘that shows light from afar'., which reffers to the natural colour of the fever  tree, which sticks out like a hound dogs balls, and cant be missed in the bush. The name reflects both the uniqueness of its people and their hospitality, as well as the biodiversity and conservation history that the region is very proud of. The Isimangaliso Wetland Park, formerly Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, encompasses the entire coastline of the Umkhanyakude district Municipality, which has the brand name ELEPHANT COAST and was referred to in the past as the Maputuland Coast.

the #ReviveStLucia campaign and the 4u2fish campaign are working together with many others to get the folks on the ground active, attentive and ready to attend public participation process meetings.where our  collective future is discussed.   

Will they be mining the lake and its connected waterways? 

now this is a very hot topic, and it is a rather emotional one for many.  this question will be discussed at great length in future posts here in this blog, as well as in related blogs and face book profiles for the many separate entities, juristic folks, as well as natural folks  like you and I.   So this space will soon be active and buzzing with many diverse and strange views on the topics connected to both mining and rehabiltating the whole area from Cape St. Lucia light house in the South to the Mozambique border in the north  and inland all the way to the N2. or the iSimangaliso Wetland Park and surrounding rural areas of Umkhanyakude.

Join the conversation subscribe to this blog, or any of the related blogs and leave your comments, points of view and suggestions.

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Beach Launch Whale Watching

Boat Based Whale Watching

St Lucia Estuary

iSimangaliso Wetlands Park

South Africa 

This is the most fun one can have with your close on the marketing machine of St Lucia Tours and Charters claim.

Riding God's Roller Coaster is the way I explain it.

The daily video explaining the launch can ne found here

Hoe Belangrik is n Estuarium

Borrowed because it best explain my message

#HerstelStLucia

Hoe Belangrik is n Estuarium

Verbeel jou jy will besef hoe belangrik is n funksionerende Estuarium. Verbeel jou jy het die moed om met oorgawe die rol van n Estuarium in Moeder Natuur te probeer verstaan. Indien jy eg is in jou behoefte om te probeer verstaan vra dan n vriend of vriendin.. liefs n geliefde om jou te help, want dit moet iemand met empatie wees. Iemand wat sal omgee dat jy sal oorleef.

Sodra jy die persoon ge eien het en jou lewe aan hom of selfs, as jy braaf is, 'n haar dan kan jy hierdie baie belangrike oefening doen in vertroue. Die oefening wat jy speels sal verstaan dat ons op geleende tyd speel. Ons in die laaste fraksie ... Die laaste breukdeel van n sekond funksioneer.

Die eksperiment kan of sittend of staande uitgevoer word. Mens sou nou dink dat die n grap is, maar nee die mag dalk die belangrikste oefening in oorlewing wees wat jy nog gedoen het. Gaan staan of sit nou met jou rug na die persoon toe. Dis belangrik dat jy volkome ontspan. So ontspanne wees dat jy voel jy in n alternatiewe realiteit bevind... Amper n stase van slaap. Die is die belangrikste deel van die oefening.

Hoekom so ontspanne wees dat jy in droomland se randjie beweeg. Omdat ons in werklikheid in realiteit so ontspanne is dat ons glad nie ag slaan op die realiteit wat ons in die gesig staar nie. Ons is so vasgevang in ons eie weergawe van die werklikheid dat ons onsself nie n oomblik gun om die realiteit te verwerk nie.

Goed die persoon moet ferm wees. Met geen genade nie, want ons het in ons apatiese verantwoordelikheid sin geen genade nie. Die persoon wat jy gekies het moet sterk wees. Sterk in wil en gees.. sterk wees in vlees ook, want die greep wat ons op Moedernatuur se voortbestaan het is n genadelose ene. In werklikheid n meedoënlose ene. 

Wag die persoon moet doen is om sy of haar een arm ferm om jou te slaan. So by so dat jy nie een van jou twee arms kan beweeg nie. Al wikkel en kriewel jy hoe. Al probeer jy spartel. Die persoon se greep moet ferm en onwrikbaar wees. Soos die greep wat ons as mens op moeder natuur het. 

Verder moet die persoon nou sy of in die brawe mense se gevalle haar hand oor jou mond plaas. Op so manier dat hulle duim en voorvinger jou neus toe knyp. Jou mond smoor en jou laat smag na asem. Dit gaan nie help as sy of haar ferm greep speels gebreek kan word nie, wang ons gee Moedernatuur nie n spelerige kans nie. 

Die ander deel van sy haar hand moet jou mond ook by ferm en stewig toe gehou word. Die greep moet van so aard wees dat jy na asem smag, maar geen manier het om dit in te teug nie. Geen manier om los te worstel nie. Die doel van die oefening is om jou te versmoor. Die lewensgewende asem jou te ontneem. Jou van jou suurstof inasem te vervreem.

Hy of sy moet vasklou as jy begin spartel... Begin smag na asem. Jou kop moet sing.. jy moet swart neuwels voor jou begin sien. Jy moet verward nee bang nee magteloos voel hoe jy van jou lewe ontneem word. Jy moet vreesbevange wees die persoon gaan geen skiet gee nie. Daar moet n verwilderde wille hulp kreet in jou oë verskyn.

Hoekom sou jy braaf wees om iemand van die vroulike geslag te gebruik. Hoekom. Want n moeder is ongenaakbaar as dit kom by die veg vir die oorlewing van haar kinders. Sy sal enige iemand verbete veg wat haar kroos bedreig. Sy sal selfs to moord in staat wees om hulle veilig te hou.

Nou as die vroulike weergawe van mens eers besef dat die oefening die toekoms van haar kroos bepaal, mag sy dalk dit baie letterlik opneem om die boodskap aan jou oor te dra. 

Sonder n Estuarium kan geen wese op aarde asemhaal nie. Niks of niemand nie.

Dis hier waar die see en die revier ontmoet waar asem gebore word. Dis hier waar die enigste organisme wat koolsuurgas verwerk gekweek word. Dis hier waar lewe begin.

Eers as jy die waarde van asem verstaan sal jy jou plig teenoor die St Lucia sisteem besef.

Haal Asem sê jy. Ontspan sê jy. Wel hoe verwag jy moet Moedernatuur asemhaal as jy jou rug op haar draai. As jy elke hulp kreet ignoreer. As jy weier om jou greep op haar te laat skiet.

Dis hier waar jy moet besef... Ons lewe in haar doodsnikke.

Help moeder natuur om haarself te help. Teken die petisie en aanvaar dat ons nie Moedernatuur aan haar eie genadelose lot kan oorlaat nie. Dat ons nie kan bekostig om haar hulpkreet na asem kan en mag ignoreer nie.

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Petrus Viviers

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St Lucia Estuary - Current Conditions

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Let us face it. there is no way that one man can steal the splendour of our heritage. These beautiful Golden beaches was occupied by our ancestors for over 200 years now. Changing it into a money making racket will not diffuse our yearning to practice that what we are all well know for.  There is just one thing left to do. Let us enjoy the abundant spoils of our heritage and learn to live together in peace and harmony.

The one thing that is an upside of the destruction, "rehabilitation my arse", brought to us was the total collapse of the off shore prawn trawling Industry. Never before was such a large variety of fish caught from our beaches all year round. It is clear that the net trawling by catches can now grow into  record breaking monsters. We, the Rock and Surf anglers don't need to carry the blame by the likes of Barry Man and his band of merry men.

The only thing that still boggels my mind is why can we not drive on the beaches. I mean that must really sit well with Mr Valli Moosa. He totally destroyed an economy and took the right of the "previously disadvantaged" away from the, to experience the great life style that whites had during the Apartheid years.

Yes I am referring to the use of Recreational 4x4 vehicles between the low water mark and the high water mark.

I mean look at the extensive "rehabilitation" or as I like to call it ... dam building process that UNESCO undertook to redirect the iMfolozi river. Let us be fair once again. At least the back pressure is such that the iMfolozi retains it's flow a lot longer and we can have drinking water a lot longer in our taps now that it does not run straight into the ocean any more.

So let us recap the destructive restoration process.

• We now have a man made dam wall separating the ocean from the Estuary. 
• That was allowed in a sensitive area where we never drove but the reason why we where banned. 
• We don't have millions of prawns in the Estuary any more, but Bruce man can't blame the recreational angler any longer for something we could never achieved. 
• We can't drive on our man made beach surface, but our catch size and verity has increased ten fold. 
• We have water to drink and shower in, but we still concerned about the Estuary being open. 

The long and the short is the Estuary will not be functioning like we know it for at least one maybe two generations. This will have a catastrophic impact on Global Warming. Since there is nothing we can do to force UNESCO to return our functioning Estuary, we can only enjoy the spoils that derived from the management plan. 

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Mission Rocks - Eastern Shores Destination

Mission Rocks

iSimangaliso Wetlands Park

Satellite View (2016)

Gate Times
Open 06:00 to 18:00

Strict Park Rules obtainable at the entrance gate. Please read before you sign.

Mission Rocks is generally open to the public unless they are doing road maintenance. No one one can really tell you when that is. The contractors can and will close the road to mission rocks at their own discretion.

We where there 16 March 2017 and no work was done on the Mission Rocks Road or Parking. Great to drive with any vehicle in dry conditions. Have not been there on a wet rainy day since the upgrades to the road.

What To Do
It is a Rocky shore best visited over the Spring Low tides. That would be ideally 2 - 3 days before Full/New Moon until 2 - 3 days after, Best times would be 2 - 3 hours before low tide until 2 - 3 hours after low tide.

Snorkel Masks can be use, but only recommended amongst the inter tidal pools. Those are the pools this side of the shore break.

Sun Bathing is unavoidable. Take hats, sun block and extra water at all times. When going North (Towards Cape Vidal) it is a easy walk back on high tide this side of small bats. Going South is a low tide walk and high tide can be very unforgiving. Take extra food and water when walking towards St Lucia. You may have to stay over the high tide before walking back.

Remember the Gate Times. Large Penalties is payable when you are late. No excuses is accepted by the current Park Management.

Fishing Ultra Light/Light/Medium and Heavy is a great experience at Mission Rocks. You will need your Recreational Angling Licence. You should consider your Natal Rock Lobster and Bait Collection Licenses ass well.

Please make sure that if you are tempted to remove shells of the beach that they are not inhabited with little inter tidal creatures.

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Moenie my kom Tos vertel nie

St Lucia Estuary

Mens Gemaakte Ekologiese Ramp 

Water Vlakke hoogste in lang ruk

Die eie ek ... mens mag mos niks in die dorp se nie dan word jy gekruisig. So lank die hoog heilige beskerm word. Ek is jammer niemand staan op en stap saam my die pad om verdere slagting te voorkom nie. Dus word dit nou my geveg. Wel ek het niks meer om te verloor nie. Aangesien die 'n Wêreld Erfenis gebied is kan ek in Hongkong gaan woon en nog steeds 'n mening hê. Die gesondheid en welstand van die gebied rus nie op 'n paar wanne bees se vermoeë om kak te praat nie. Ek het net soveel reg soos die volgende persoon.

St Lucia gaan gebuk onder droogte, maar die see het baie water. In 2000 was dit 'n mens gemaakte besluit om die mond toe te stoot. In 2007 was dit 'n mens gemaakte besluit om die mond toe te stoot. Die kanaal wat die Estuarium en die see verbind het in 2015 was 'n mens gemaakte kanaal en was nie volgens daai mens se voorgeskrewe bestuursplan, soos Dr Barry Clark aan ons voor gehou is in 2013, gegrou nie. Geen insette van MY kant af was aangehoor gedurende 2015 nie. Die aanloop van die ramp was voorspel. 

Deur die afsterwe van die See Lewe in die meer nou af te maak as n natuur ramp is kinderagtig en uiters onprofessioneel. As mense wat in beheer is ophou om Rekenaars Spelletjies met ons pragtige erfnis (As julle so wil ... my pragtige erfnis) te speel en bietjie meer op die strand kom sal hulle self kan sien hulle jaag kak aan en dan nie sluwe boelies huur om mense soos ek stil te maak nie.

Julle mors julle tyd en julle geld om te dink ek gaan ophou om julle aan die publiek uit te lewer. Daar is net een manier hoe die ding uitspeel. Gee die hengelaar sy reg wat hom toekom en hou op kak praat in n poging om die meer dood te maak....

Lionel Pretorius Net so in Zululand. Hluhluwe dam 19% vol. Lake St Lucia "world wetlands heritage site" vat 180 000 vierkante water en 30% vol alle selewe so te se uitgesterf. Ons bid vir oorvloed reen deur die land. Amen

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As jy jou gewete wil sus Lionel sal jy baie meer moet bid my vriend of begin die waarheid praat. Ek is nie dom nie. Ek gaan nie weg gaan nie. Die stryd vir die werkende Estuarium gaan nie ophou nie.  Hoe langer julle met julle mens gemaakte leuens aanhou hoe verder gaan die park in anargie verval .... Dis n onvermydelike politieke uitkoms. Dit word Demokrasie genoem. Ek skryf nie die toedrag van sake en die uitkoms nie. Ek lig net die feite uit vir die mense wat voor gelieg word.

Groete

         Petrus Viviers

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Beware of overselling iSimangaliso - False Advertising

iSimangaliso Wetlands Park

The Status has changed in 2012

To Claim the 1999 World Heritage Facts is False 

Today is 03 February 2017. Back in 2012 the health status has officially changed from pristine marine ecosystem to Class E Estuarine, basically a mud bath. Lodge Owners, Advertisers and Tour operators can no longer offer the health status at time of World Heritage Proclamation as the point of reference in their marketing. People want to get their money worths. For domestic tourist it means a whole year of saving. For the International Tourist it mostly mean a once in a lifetime opportunity. 

Many people are deeply disappointed that they can no longer drink a sundowner on the beaches like way back then. Unfortunately it does not stop there. Back in 2012 The Scientist employed by Andrew Zaloumis has admitted to the degradation of the system healt. In 2015 a total collapse incurred when the Estuary dried up completely due to a sudden wind direction change. The Total Aquatic Marine Biomass was lost. Currently The St Lucia system no longer presents the functioning of an Estuary.

See Estuary101

With this came a decline in the biomass off bird species that frequent the Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park. (iSimangaliso Wetlands Park). The road infrastructure and hides has impacted negatively on the sense of space. Prior to World Heritage Status you arrived at a mystical point. It was more about the journey than the destination. Today everything is so clinical First World Development. nothing is majestic or mythical any more. You see your destination a mile away and you drive on tar roads and cement highways to get there.

So people just a word of caution. Please inform you clients

1. Reduced Parking Spaces
2. No more Sundowners
3. No more Marine Biomass
4. Reduced Bird Biomass
5. Non Functioning Estuary
6. Random Mission Rocks Access Closure
7. Elephant Road Blocks costing R500.00/vehicle
8. Men in Camo Uniform searching private vehicles

The list may be longer. This is the key futures the public express their concern about.

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We have reached Insanity - Bierpens vs Zaloumis

iSimangaliso Wetlands Park

Andrew Zaloumis

| Estuary 101 |

St Lucia Estuary Drought

The Price of Greed

This is the lies abuse and bully tactics we, the public, has to endure in a effort to safe our beautiful pristine Greater St Lucia Wetlands System. Today my blood is boiling because very powerful people keep on putting me down ... I wanted to tell my story to a Court of Law, but Andrew is to yellow bellied to take me on a third time. Clearly he now knows what I am up to ... So by the power vested in me I will expose him and Mike Bower for defrauding the public from their rightful inheritance and rights to this World Heritage Site.

Mike Bouwer It's spelled save.......... UNESCO is the body who declared it a World Heritage Site and use it worldwide as an example of sustainable management which includes local communities, so sending a petition to them when it is them who audit the Park seems a bit odd. It's also The iSimangaliso Wetland Park, not the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park. It was renamed when it became the first World Heritage Site in South Africa and was signed into law by Nelson Mandela. "Nature at it's best. Untouched." hmmmm...Except for 19 disparate parcels of land under land claims, 18,000 ha of gum plantations, destroyed wetlands bisected with forestry roads and levies, the legacy of a failed dredging attempt with an estuary mouth hardened with concrete, the threat of mining and cattle herding on the eastern and western shores, and thousands of hectares of alien plants. Oh, and, no buffalo, elephant, lion, wild dog, or cheetah. No coherent road system, no formalized day visitor sites, no water for animals during drought conditions, no thriving tour boat industry, no thriving game drives or turtle tours, no increase of 4,000 related jobs. And so on........ So I guess you are right! It is safe! Thank you for pointing that out to us!

Firstly Mike employing security companies to take over jobs is not job creation. It is purely employing someone out of the region that was done by people from within the region. So how many jobs did you guys really create and how many was merely replaced and how many was destroyed?

But let us get down to the facts at hand because this will end here even if it does not end well.

Killing For Money

Estuarine ecologist Nicky Forbes holds up the remains of a barracuda found on the bed of the St Lucia estuary this week. Picture: Amanda Watson

From the article  -

(Ero 7 500 000.00)

As the carcasses of fish and shells show, little survives these conditions. iSimangiliso Wetland Park CEO Andrew Zaloumis said an initial spend of R10 million – courtesy of grant money from the Global Environmental Facility and the World Bank – will see nearly 100 000 cubic metres of nearly 65 years’ worth of dredging, dumped into the estuary to close off the feed from the uMfolozi, reduced to slurry and pumped back into the ocean by Cyclone Engineering Projects.

After the initial work, there’s another R20 million to continue if the progress is good and the work done to specifications, Zaloumis says. It is key to remember the St Lucia estuarine system bed is below sea level, which means once opened, the uMfolozi River will continue to obey physics by flowing from a high point to a low point.

Here is now a new money pit ... 

Good news from the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority is that the World Bank has invested additional funds to restore Africa’s largest estuarine lake.

Last week, the authority signed two new contracts, valued at R23.41 million each, with T&T Marine (Pty) Ltd and Scribante Africa Mining (Pty) Ltd. Both contracts will run until the end of June and are for the loading, hauling, tipping and disposal of material obstructing the natural flow of the uMfolozi River in the mouth area of the Lake St Lucia Estuary.

“This brings the total value of iSimangaliso’s Lake St Lucia restoration project to R62 million,” said iSimangaliso Business Director Terri Castis.

This is on top of the 1999 US$9 500 000.00 for the same project. Just to point out. Andrew instructed the manual closure of St Lucia Estuary mouth in 2000 and 2007. This after it has natuary breached. Bull shit baffels brains they say. How stupid can any individual be to prey on my Dyslexia and cheer this death and destruction ...

The Futuristic Park
Automated Gates - Automation is job creation?
Engineered Bridges - Keeping Nature intact?

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UNESCO: Safe St Lucia Estuary

We all grew up next to a functioning Estuary and know what life was flourishing in the system. How vibrant the shallow waters were at dusk and dawn. We remember the lovely open space that we could all enjoy. Nature at it's best.…

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Mike Bower vs Bierpens Slugging it out on Social Media

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UNESCO: Safe St Lucia Estuary

We all grew up next to a functioning Estuary and know what life was flourishing in the system. How vibrant the shallow waters were at dusk and dawn. We remember the lovely open space that we could all enjoy. Nature at it's best.…

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Mike Bouwer It's spelled save.......... UNESCO is the body who declared it a World Heritage Site and use it worldwide as an example of sustainable management which includes local communities, so sending a petition to them when it is them who audit the Park seems a bit odd. It's also The iSimangaliso Wetland Park, not the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park. It was renamed when it became the first World Heritage Site in South Africa and was signed into law by Nelson Mandela. "Nature at it's best. Untouched." hmmmm...Except for 19 disparate parcels of land under land claims, 18,000 ha of gum plantations, destroyed wetlands bisected with forestry roads and levies, the legacy of a failed dredging attempt with an estuary mouth hardened with concrete, the threat of mining and cattle herding on the eastern and western shores, and thousands of hectares of alien plants. Oh, and, no buffalo, elephant, lion, wild dog, or cheetah. No coherent road system, no formalized day visitor sites, no water for animals during drought conditions, no thriving tour boat industry, no thriving game drives or turtle tours, no increase of 4,000 related jobs. And so on........ So I guess you are right! It is safe! Thank you for pointing that out to us!

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Petrus Viviers Yap the thieving tour boat industry... Not yours to claim sorry... You where no were near when the pioneer work was done for that.

Dredging ... I don't remember it as failing. As far as I remember oyesters grew in the Estuary during that time. Mangrov...See more

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Petrus Viviers Oh you also claiming the turtle tours... You really pushing your dignity... Eish...

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Petrus Viviers As I answered on your one photo... Excuse my Dislexic right to Freedom of speech, but the irony is that St Lucia Estuary needs to be kept safe from Andrew Zaloumis..

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Dale Fiene Things are MUCH BETTER there now, according to media reports.

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Petrus Viviers We will raise the truth out above the media curtain.

The Truth Will prevail.

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Petrus Viviers Mike please answer the lady.

How can the media tell the truth if the CEO, Andrew Zaloumis, uses the South African Broadcast and Publication Board to snub any negative press releases.

How can they tell the truth if Andrew has the final editing rights before something is broadcast.

How can I sustain the truth if Andrew Zaloumis uses Donations to take me to court not once, but twice for domain name infringement?

Shall I go on .? Do you really want to know the truth mam?or do you want to be an armchair wrestler that sit and believe everything you hear on National News.

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Mike Bouwer With pleasure I will answer her Petrus. Dale Fiene, you are 100% correct, things are much better and improving daily!

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Mike Bouwer Petrus, tell us about these donations Andrew is supposed to have used? Tell me how Andrew controls the SABC?

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Dale Fiene Thank you Mike

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Petrus Viviers Mike who said anything about SABC?

As far as public participation goes Mike... It is non existent... So we have to rely on what ever Andrew published when ever he publish it... The park is not running on Self generated funds...

Let us talk about the Gate at Cape Gidal. Why is a security company implemented that is doin a job that was well deserving to being run by Ezemvelo and why is there so many locals upset that the jobs is not filled with local job seekers.

Oh and why did a security company with camo uniforms man the alcohol control points this festive season.

A security gaurd has nomore rights than a civilian... Why do you use people in camo uniform to intimidate public on summer holidays with their families...

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Petrus Viviers Things can not be better mam... We have lost iPiva Camp Site since 15 December 1999. We uave lost the education center.

We have lost bed nights in St Lucia from various self-catering accommodation.

Business has reduced so much that various businesses has closed down.

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Petrus Viviers All function to the Estuary is now lost.

We have lost 3 regular buss routes through Zululand that kept various industries alive...

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Petrus Viviers We have lost more than a this d or maybe more of parking spqfe on Main Beach, Jabula beach and this season The Estuary beach entrance was so badly maintained that park authority had a sign up restricting acces to The Estuary Mouth Parking...

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Petrus Viviers But we can slug ot oit as much as we want on this single post. The drive to stop this cross infringement on public's rights will be stopped...

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Greg Ogilvie Both sides have points but I have to agree with Petrus, the lack of transparency on isimangliso's side is wrong. The estuary has been destroyed, not because of the drought entirely. St Lucia used to full of locals but now is full of foreigners! The whole vibe has been anialated. It feels now like a tourist trap! I can't help but feel the locals are not welcome anymore as foreign tourism is pushed very strongly.

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Mike Bouwer Petrus if you are going to make statements please back them up. You have not answered these yet before we move forward. Petrus, tell us about these donations Andrew is supposed to have used? Tell me how Andrew controls the SABC?

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Petrus Viviers Where did I say he control the SABC Mike? If you going to challenge me then please keep the facts straight...

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Petrus Viviers Any way ... while we on the subject and you don't want to close it down ... let us review your posting regarding hyena's ... have you paid compensation for the attack/attacks at Cape Vidal?

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Petrus Viviers Regarding the Hippo in St Lucia. I on, several occasions, brought it under iSimangaliso's attention that the bull was out of control and human incident where unavoidable ... have you paid compensation to the Ezemvelo Employee that is now wheelchair bound ... ?

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Petrus Viviers Shall we discuss park rules here or are you guys prepared to call a public meeting?

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Petrus Viviers Do you want to discus here the lost of species in the St Lucia Estuary or will you rather wait until we have lodge an official complaint with UNESCO

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Petrus Viviers One More Question ... Who can I contact to verify the barges scuttled of Cape Vidal had their ballast water sanitized ... I have reason to believe it was not ...

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Petrus Viviers Shall we discuss the difference between land ownership and land claims ... I believe you have confused or merge the concept in you statement as per above ...

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Petrus Viviers Please take note The Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park was awarded UNESCO World Heritage Status as per management prior to the Application of 1998 ....

By way of deduction that was a successful management plan ...

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Petrus Viviers Oh regarding the two legal actions against me ... do you want the Taxed Invoices published here or do you have a legal team where I can forward them to ... ?

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Petrus Viviers on second thoughts ... I will hang on to them a little longer ... you know like an ACE up my sleeve ...

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