Assembly at Laddsworth Primary School on the 11th May 2015 featured a moving presentation about how the pristine iMfolozi Wilderness Area could be damaged by a proposed open cast mine.
Di Martin presented a slide show and introduced storytellers Jacqui Da Souza Dias and Sandile Masondo who gave their rendition of what would happen to valuable assets such as the wildlife, including the Big Five and the local Zulu Cultural Heritage in the area if the mines go ahead. Open-cast coal mining requires a substantial amount of water, and causes widespread air, noise and water pollution. All this activity will result in irreparable environmental damage.
Three Grade 7 pupils assisted in the telling of this story.
Pictured back L-R: Jacqui Da Souza Dias and Sandile Masondo.
In front L-R: James Muggleton, Duncan McDonald, Sam Moore and Di Martin.
News supplied by Laddsworth Primary School.