Indigenous leaders and West Coast communities call for mining moratorium amid 2026 permit surge - African Sustainability Matters

Indigenous leaders and West Coast communities call for mining moratorium amid 2026 permit surge - African Sustainability Matters

Indigenous leaders and regional stakeholders issued an urgent call for a moratorium on industrial expansion along South Africa’s West Coast on March 14, citing a “deluge” of mining applications that threatens to destabilize the region’s fragile ecological and social fabric. At the Ripple Effect Gathering in Langebaan, representatives from the Nama and Khoisan communities, alongside scientists and local government officials, argued that the curre…