
For the past 10 years, Isak has owned a Private Residence in South End. Isak estimates the additional monthly maintenance and cleaning costs on this asset, as the result of the manganese ore, to be in the region of R300 per month. The cost of accelerated wear and tear over the life of Isak's asset is estimated to be: R20000. Isak has this to say about the Manganese Ore pollution from the Port of Port Elizabeth; "We live direclty above the harbour. On a daily basis we clean the black muck off our doors, gates and furniture in the house. normally it is sticky probably being close to the …