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Desde ayer los empresarios Álvaro Jaime, Joel Bermea y Servando Guerra ingresaron al tajo carbonero “Cloete Norte”, con la pretensión de reiniciar operaciones. Como el fundo minero estaba clausurado por la Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente (Profepa), vecinos de esa localidad se apostaron en las inmediaciones para impedir las actividades.

Esta mañana, en un nuevo intento por reiniciar operaciones, los empresarios llegaron acompañados de efectivos militares a bordo de tanquetas, quienes conminaron a los habitantes de la villa a retirarse y permitir los trabajos, advirtiéndoles que de no acatar la orden, serían detenidos. Los empresarios argüían que contaban con una autorización de Profepa, emitida el pasado 3 de enero, a través de la que ya había levantado la clausura.

Los intentos por reabrir ese tajo carbonero se han visto limitados por la movilización social en la comunidad, ya que se ubica a unos cuantos metros del caserío, e inclusive afectaría predios vecinales.

La Familia de Pasta de Conchos, una asociación civil que agrupa a mineros y familiares de quienes han perdido la vida en actividades extractivas, denunció que la presencia militar es injustificada.

Cristina Auerbach Benavides, defensora de derechos humanos que forma parte de dicha organización, pidió a la delegación estatal de la Profepa que confirmara el levantamiento de la clausura. La dependencia, sin embargo, negó la versión de los empresarios.

En el expediente administrativo PFPA/12.2/2.C.27.2/0047-15, cuya copia tiene Apro, se integró un acuerdo signado el pasado 3 de enero, en el que, en efecto, se levantó la clausura, pero no para reiniciar actividades extractivas, sino para remediar, en un plazo de tres meses, los daños causados en la zona durante el desarrollo del tajo carbonero.

Los empresarios que pretenden reabrir la explotación carbonífera están identificados con grupos políticos de la zona, como en el caso de Servando Guerra y Álvaro Jaime, este último regidor priista del ayuntamiento de Sabinas.

En tanto, Joel Bermea es hermano de Reynol Bermea, un concesionario carbonero que en 2011 fue detenido por la Marina acusado de pertenecer a la organización criminal de Los Zetas. Meses después quedó en libertad, pero al poco tiempo fue asesinado a tiros.

Las empresas de la familia Bermea y su socio Servando Guerra fueron incluidas en investigaciones relacionadas con los hermanos Treviño Morales, Miguel Ángel El Z40 o L40 y Omar, El Z42. Sin embargo, la Comisión Federal de Electricidad, a través de la paraestatal del gobierno de Coahuila, Promotora del Desarrollo Minero (Prodemi), le siguió comprando el mineral para alimentar las plantas carboeléctricas ubicadas en el municipio de Nava, muy cerca de la frontera.

Respecto del operativo de hoy, Auerbach Benavides consideró que la protección del Ejército en la apertura de una mina ilegal es indicativa de que alguna autoridad se propone garantizar la operación en ese socavón.

-Proceso

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A natural gem at Aspire Art Auctions

By Riversideweg, Nuweland, a rare Pieter Wenning painting of a riverine landscape in Newlands will be offered at Aspire’s inaugural Cape auction.

William Kentridge | Grande Jeté | 1987 | charcoal and pastel on paper | 149 x 101.5 cm | Image: Repro Pictures

Not only has it an extensive exhibition history, but also a captivating history of ownership according to Emma Bedford, Director and Senior Art Specialist at Aspire Art Auctions.

Estimated at R350 000 – 450 000, this gem will be offered at Aspire’s upcoming Inaugural Cape Auction to be held at the Avenue, V & A Waterfront, on 27 March 2017.

With a sole focus on fine art and extensive experience in the South African art market, the experts at Aspire place great emphasis on carefully researching each work offered on auction, unearthing the sometimes hidden histories surrounding the piece.

Dr WMR Malherbe purchased the work directly from the artist, and his descendants have cherished the work ever since. In many respects a pioneer, Malherbe was born in 1875 into the ZAR of President Paul Kruger where his father was State Treasurer. The young Mortie Malherbe was one of the ‘Transvaalsche jongens’ chosen by Kruger to be educated in the Netherlands, first in Deventer and then in Leiden, where he completed his school and university education between 1887 and 1907. It is here that he would have been introduced to the plein air painting of the Hague School as well as Impressionism and the beginnings of abstraction.

Norman Catherine | Negotiator | 1990 | oil on canvas | 89.5 x 149 cm | Image: Repro Pictures

As a young lawyer, he returned to fight in the South African War (1899-1902) alongside Dietlof van Warmelo, later his brother-in-law. Anton van Wouw later included Van Warmelo’s portrait as a soldier in the Voortrekker Monument. It was one of Van Warmelo’s sisters, Johanna Brandt, who became the infamous Kappie Kommando spy while his other sister married an English officer, Cloete of Alphen, Constantia. Mortie’s sister, Christina van Warmelo-Malherbe helped establish the first hospital in Muckleneuk while his brother, Kenny Malherbe, an attorney, married Mabel Malherbe, who was to become editor of Die Boerevrou, mayor of Pretoria and a parliamentarian. Her brother was Eugene Marais.

Inaugural Cape Town Auction 2017 Avenue | V & A Waterfront 40 Dock Road | Cape Town 27 March 2017 Day Sale | 4pm Evening Sale | 8pm

Auction preview: Extended Hours: Friday 24 March | 10am to 7pm Saturday 25 March | 10am to 5pm Sunday 26 March | 10am to 4pm

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Dietlof and Mortie were, as prisoners of war, sent to Ceylon where the latter studied languages, eventually mastering 13. After the peace of 1902 was declared, he returned to the Netherlands to complete his Doctor of Law degree before returning to South Africa, determined to change the lot of his fellow Afrikaners.

Dr Malherbe was appointed editor of Die Brandwag from 1913 where his primary task was the advancement of the Afrikaner people after the devastation of the South African War. Regular articles on South African art, poetry and criticism included the work of JH Pierneef, Erich Mayer, Eugene Marais, CJ Langenhoven and Totius. In 1920 Malherbe was appointed to establish a law faculty at Stellenbosch University with the aim of educating lawyers in Afrikaans.

Aspire Art Auctions’ compelling collection consists of rare and significant work by twentieth century artists, as well the strongest examples of contemporary art – ranging from artists such as JH Pierneef, Maud Sumner and Edoardo Villa; to Peter Clarke, Robert Hodgins and Christo Coetzee; to David Goldblatt, Athi-Patra Ruga, Mohau Modisakeng, and Wim Botha.

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