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Zwartkops Conservancy members and residents, from left, Henk van de Water, Arthur Rump, Dolf van Rensburg, Prof Nadine Srydom, Peter Newton, Brenda van de Water, Elzet Vosloo and Jenny Rump met in the Bluewater Bay Beach car park on Tuesday to discuss the damage to the adjacent dunes
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
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Illegal sand mining strips Bluewater Bay dunes, sparking alarm

Hundreds of tonnes of coastal sand are being illegally excavated from vegetated dunes at Bluewater Bay Beach in Nelson Mandela Bay, destroying delicate ecosystems and eroding natural coastal storm barriers.

  • Guy Rogers