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Waterberg District Municipality Wetland Report | 2017
WATERBERG DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY WETLAND REPORT | 2017 LOCAL ACTION FOR BIODIVERSITY (LAB): WETLANDS SOUTH AFRICA Biodiversity for Life South African National Biodiversity Institute Full Program Title: Local Action for Biodiversity: Wetland Management in a Changing Climate Sponsoring USAID Office: USAID/Southern Africa Cooperative Agreement Number: AID-674-A-14-00014 Contractor: ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability – Africa Secretariat Date of Publication: September 2017 Author: R. Fisher DISCLAIMER: The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. FOREWORD It is a great pleasure and honour for me to be part of Catchment. The Nylsvlei is the largest inland floodplain the ICLEI – Local Action for Biodiversity programme wetland system in South Africa. Nylsvlei is within in preservation of the biodiversity, and wetlands in the world renowned UNESCO Waterberg Biosphere particular of the Waterberg District Municipality. On Reserve. The Nylsvlei is our pride in Eco-Tourism, a behalf of the people of Waterberg District Municipality, leisure destination of choice in Limpopo. Nylsvlei I would like to thank ICLEI for choosing the district to Nature Reserve is a 40 square kilometre protected be part of this programme. Tourism and Heritage area, lying on the floodplain of the Nyl River and opens the door to new opportunities, and it is good the uppermost section of the Mogalakwena River. to focus on promoting and protecting our amazing The area has been declared a RAMSAR Wetland site wetlands to domestic and international tourists. Our because of its international biodiversity conservation district seeks to promote and preserve South Africa’s importance that is endemic to the area. -
Sustaining Water Supplies While Responding to Operational Requirements at De Beers Venetia Mine
SUSTAINING WATER SUPPLIES WHILE RESPONDING TO OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AT DE BEERS VENETIA MINE Gary Brown1 and Philip Erasmus2 1Golder Africa Associates, PO Box 6001, Halfway House, 1685. 2De Beers Venetia Mine, PO Box 668, Musina, 0900. ABSTRACT The intrepid novelist Rudyard Kipling’s portrayal of the Limpopo River as “the great, grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever trees …” does not reflect the real challenges De Beers Venetia Mine faces in abstracting raw water for their open cast kimberlite operation, located in the remote arid northern extremities of South Africa, approximately 80 km west of Musina and some 500 km north of Johannesburg, with the area presenting a mean annual precipitation value of 350 mm and annual evaporation rates in the order of 2 500 mm. Construction of Venetia Mine began in 1990, was officially opened in August 1992 and had reached full output in 1993. Venetia Mine is South Africa’s largest producer of diamonds. Production statistics for 2002 reflect total tonnages mined of 24,3 million of which 4,71 million tons of ore was processed and 5,08 million carats recovered. Despite the large catchment and many tributaries, the largest being the Shashe River, feeding the Limpopo River, the river is usually dry for most of the year. Ninety percent of the river’s runoff occurs from December to April. The Mine’s commitment to practising sound environmental management principles is reflected in its proud list of environmental orientated achievements. Despite these challenging conditions and strict statutory and self imposed restrictions to water abstraction for supply to the Mine, the Mine has since commissioning and with increased production not exceeded the overall water abstraction permit volumes and has demonstrated acute ability in integrating the supply of water for its operations between surface flow conditions in the Limpopo River and the ground water source within the Greefswald and Schroda aquifer. -
Final IDP 2012
MAYOR’S FOREWORD The year 2012 is special because it marks the centenary of the African National Congress which is the ruling party in the country and the majority party in our municipality. We acknowledge the fact that there are still challenges of poverty, inequality, unemployment, and underdevelopment even after 18 years in a democracy. This acknowledgement is informed by the challenges that were raised by the communities during Community Based Planning, IDP Analysis Phase, and prioritization of needs of the IDP/Budget process. As a municipality we have taken note of the State of the Nation Address, State of the Province Address, and the Budget of the Waterberg District in terms of infrastructure development in order to stimulate the economy of our municipality. In his State of the Nation Address, the State President has said that, “Firstly, we plan to develop and integrate rail, road and water infrastructure, centred around two main areas in Limpopo: the Waterberg in the Western part of the province and Steelpoort in the CLLR. T. A. MASHAMAITE eastern part. These efforts are intended to unlock the enormous mineral belt of coal, platinum, palladium, chrome and other minerals, in order to facilitate increased mining as well as stepped-up beneficiation of minerals.” This address calls for us as a municipality to capacitate our Local Economic Development section to be able to plan ahead for these developments which are intended to stimulate our economy. We re-commit ourselves as a municipality to work towards a clean audit report in 2014. We once more thank you for your support and wish all citizens well. -
Geology and Geochronology of the Nyl River Floodplain Sediments, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Geology and geochronology of the Nyl River floodplain sediments, Limpopo Province, South Africa Debra Colarossi A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geology. Johannesburg 2013 Declaration I declare that this dissertation is my own, unaided work. It is being submitted for the Degree of Master of Science in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. It has not been submitted before for any degree or examination in any other University. Signed: ______________________________ Date: ______________________________ ~ ii ~ Abstract The Nyl River floodplain, located in the Limpopo Province, is one of the few active sedimentary basins that exist within the South African interior, providing a unique opportunity to study the effect of climate change on fluvial systems. Progradation of tributary fans into the Nyl/Mogalakwena River has raised the surface by 30 m and forced the course of the river westwards towards the Waterberg. Periods of progradation deposited thick sequences of coarse-grained sediments with sand- to gravel-sized mean grain sizes and coarsely-skewed populations in the distal reaches of the tributary fans. These periods were interspersed with periods of relative non-deposition, when active sedimentation on the fan ceased and shallow lakes (or vleis) developed in the trunk river, resulting in deposition of fine-grained, organic-rich, floodplain sediment layers with silt-sized mean grain sizes and finely-skewed distributions in the extreme outer reaches of the tributary fan. The alternating progradational sequences and non-deposition events produced interlayered floodplain and fan deposits in the furthest reaches of the tributary fans along the banks of the Nyl/Mogalakwena River. -
Limpopo Water Management Area
LIMPOPO WATER MANAGEMENT AREA WATER RESOURCES SITUATION ASSESSMENT MAIN REPORT OVERVIEW The water resources of South Africa are vital to the health and prosperity of its people, the sustenance of its natural heritage and to its economic development. Water is a national resource that belongs to all the people who should therefore have equal access to it, and although the resource is renewable, it is finite and distributed unevenly both spatially and temporally. The water also occurs in many forms that are all part of a unitary and inter-dependent cycle. The National Government has overall responsibility for and authority over the nation’s water resources and their use, including the equitable allocation of water for beneficial and sustainable use, the redistribution of water and international water matters. The protection of the quality of water resources is also necessary to ensure sustainability of the nation’s water resources in the interests of all water users. This requires integrated management of all aspects of water resources and, where appropriate, the delegation of management functions to a regional or catchment level where all persons can have representative participation. This report is based on a desktop or reconnaissance level assessment of the available water resources and quality and also patterns of water requirements that existed during 1995 in the Limpopo Water Management Area, which occupies a portion of the Northern Province. The report does not address the water requirements beyond 1995 but does provide estimates of the utilisable potential of the water resources after so-called full development of these resources, as this can be envisaged at present. -
Glimpopo Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet 1 The Limpopo River flows over a total distance of The Limpopo basin covers almost 14 percent of the total 1,750 kilometres. It starts at the confluence of the Marico area of its four riparian states – Botswana, South Africa, and Crocodile rivers in South Africa and flows northwest Zimbabwe and Mozambique. And of the basin’s total area, of Pretoria. It is joined by the Notwane river flowing from 44 percent is occupied by South Africa, 21 percent by Botswana, and then forms the border between Botswana Mozambique, almost 20 percent by Botswana and 16 per- and South Africa, and flows in a north easterly direction. cent by Zimbabwe. At the confluence of the Shashe river, which flows in from Zimbabwe and Botswana, the Limpopo turns almost due Drainage Network The Limpopo river has a rela- east and forms the border between Zimbabwe and South tively dense network of more than 20 tributary streams and Africa before entering Mozambique at Pafuri. For the next rivers, though most of these tributaries have either season- 561 km the river flows entirely within Mozambique and al or episodic flows. In historical times, the Limpopo river enters the Indian Ocean about 60 km downstream of the was a strong-flowing perennial river but is now regarded town of Xai-Xai. as a weak perennial river where flows frequently cease. During drought periods, no surface water is present over The Basin The Limpopo river basin is almost circular large stretches of the middle and lower reaches of the in shape with a mean altitude of 840 m above sea level. -
Groundwater Assesment and Utilisation
Limpopo Water Management Area North Reconciliation Strategy Date: December 2015 Phase 1: Study planning and Process PWMA 01/000/00/02914/1 Initiation Inception Report Phase 2: Study Implementation PWMA 01/000/00/02914/2 Literature Review PWMA 01/000/00/02914/3/1 PWMA 01/000/00/02914/3 Supporting Document 1: Hydrological Analysis Rainfall Data Analysis PWMA 01/000/00/02914/4/1 PWMA 01/000/00/02914/4 Supporting Document 1: Water Requirements and Return Flows Irrigation Assessment PWMA 01/000/00/02914/5 PWMA 01/000/00/02914/4/2 Water Quality Assessment Supporting Document 2: Water Conservation and Water Demand PWMA 01/000/00/02914/6 Management (WCWDM) Status Groundwater Assessment and Utilisation PWMA 01/000/00/02914/4/3 Supporting Document 3: PWMA 01/000/00/02914/7 Socio-Economic Perspective on Water Yield analysis (WRYM) Requirements PWMA 01/000/00/02914/8 PWMA 01/000/00/02914/7/1 Water Quality Modelling Supporting Document 1: Reserve Requirement Scenarios PWMA 01/000/00/02914/9 Planning Analysis (WRPM) PWMA 01/000/00/02914/10/1 PWMA 01/000/00/02914/10 Supporting Document 1: Water Supply Schemes Opportunities for Water Reuse PWMA 01/000/00/02914/11A PWMA 01/000/00/02914/10/2 Preliminary Reconciliation Strategy Supporting Document 2: Environmental and Social Status Quo PWMA 01/000/00/02914/11B Final Reconciliation Strategy PWMA 01/000/00/02914/10/3 Supporting Document 3: PWMA 01/000/00/02914/12 Screening Workshop Starter Document International Obligations PWMA 01/000/00/02914/13 Training Report P WMA 01/000/00/02914/14 Phase 3: Study Termination Close-out Report Limpopo Water Management Area North Reconciliation Strategy i Executive summary The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) identified the need for a Reconciliation Strategy for the Limpopo Water Management Area (WMA) North to provide solutions for an adequate and sustainable water supply up to 2040. -
Proposed Open Pit Magnetite Mine and Concentrator Plant, Mokopane, Limpopo Province
Proposed Open Pit Magnetite Mine and Concentrator Plant, Mokopane, Limpopo Province Social Impact Assessment Project Number: VMC3049 Prepared for: Pamish Investments No. 39 (Pty) Ltd July 2015 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Digby Wells and Associates (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (Subsidiary of Digby Wells & Associates (Pty) Ltd). Co. Reg. No. 2010/008577/07. Turnberry Office Park, 48 Grosvenor Road, Bryanston, 2191. Private Bag X10046, Randburg, 2125, South Africa Tel: +27 11 789 9495, Fax: +27 11 789 9498, [email protected], www.digbywells.com _______________________________________________________________________________________ Directors: DJ Otto, GB Beringer, LF Koeslag, AJ Reynolds (Chairman) (British)*, J Leaver*, GE Trusler (C.E.O) *Non-Executive _______________________________________________________________________________________ This document has been prepared by Digby Wells Environmental. Report Type: Social Impact Assessment Proposed Open Pit Magnetite Mine and Concentrator Plant, Project Name: Mokopane, Limpopo Province Project Code: VMC3049 Name Responsibility Signature Date Jurie Erwee Report Writer 23 June 2015 Jan Perold Reviewer 24 June 2015 This report is provided solely for the purposes set out in it and may not, in whole or in part, be used for any other purpose without Digby Wells Environmental prior written consent. Digby Wells Environmental ii Social Impact Assessment Proposed Open Pit Magnetite Mine and Concentrator Plant, Mokopane, Limpopo Province VMC3049 -
Mogalakwena Local Municipality Final Draft 2014/15 Idp
MOGALAKWENA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY FINAL DRAFT 2014/15 IDP A PLACE FOR PROSPERITY Mogalakwena Local Municipality Final 2014/15 IDP 1 Table of Contents List of Acronyms and abbreviaions..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................12 Municipal Vision, Mission & Values..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................13 Vision.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13 Mission......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14 Values........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15 Foreword by Municipal Mayor..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16 -
Interfacing Science and Management for the Nylsvley Nature Reserve
Interfacing Science and Management for the Nylsvley Nature Reserve Regina Xavier Bestbier A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, for the Degree of Master of Science. Johannesburg, August 1998 DECLARATION I declare that this dissertation is my own, unaiderl work. It is being submitted for the degree of Master of Science at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. It has not been submitted before for any degree or examination in any other University. Regina Xavier Bestbier 11til day of August, 199& Ii ABSTRACT Scientists possess knowledge and access to information that is critical to the management of natural resources, yet all too often this information is not effectively transferred and integrated into the management process. This lack of integration of scientific information into conservation management is a result of the barriers that exist between scientists and managers. Differences in the goals and reward systems of managers and scientists lead to managers feeling that scientists do not produce the "goods" that they require, Wh;l'! scientists claim that managers do not provide the questions for which they require answers. There is also a lack of forward thinking, goal-orientated management. As a result much of conservation management relies on irtuinvc, ad hoc decision-making which leads to It problem-by-problem curative approach (cf. adaptive management) as well as a lack of accountability and evaluation. The thesis of this study is that to overcome barriers between -
Limpopo No Fee Schools 2010
LIMPOPO NO FEE SCHOOLS 2010 NATIONAL NAME OF SCHOOL SCHOOL PHASE ADDRESS OF SCHOOL EDUCATION DISTRICT QUINTILE LEARNER PER LEARNER EMIS 2010 NUMBERS ALLOCATION NUMBER 2010 2010 SECONDARY 918510019 ABEL SECONDARY SCHOOL ABEL VILLAGE, BOLOBEDU, , MOPANI 1 407 R 855 SECONDARY GREATER 924650160 ABRAHAM SEROTE SECONDARY SCHOOL TAFELKOP SEKHUKHUNE 1 979 R 855 SECONDARY 911360948 ADOLF MHINGA HIGH SCHOOL MHINGA JOSEPH VILLAGE, , , VHEMBE 1 834 R 855 SECONDARY 922250027 ALAPHA SECONDARY SCHOOL BAYS WATER, GA MATLALA VILLAGE, 0618, CAPRICORN 1 154 R 855 916420017 ALBERT MABE PRIMARY PRIMARY SCHOOL MAKHUVA VILLAGE, PHANGWENI, 0816, MOPANI 1 480 R 855 SECONDARY 993301400 ALFRED NNGWEDZENI SCHOOL TSHIKONELO VILLAGE, MALAMULELE VHEMBE 1 329 R 855 NGWANALLELA VILLAGE, GA-MATLALA, SESHEGO, 922251747 AMBERGATE PRIMARY PRIMARY SCHOOL POLOKWAN CAPRICORN 1 305 R 855 916410010 ANDERSON PRIMARY PRIMARY SCHOOL NDENGEZA, , , MOPANI 1 561 R 855 SECONDARY 930320742 ANDRIES MUGAGULI SECONDARY SCHOOL MATHULE, LWAMONDO, 0985, VHEMBE 1 639 R 855 904242330 APPEL COMBINED COMBINED SCHOOL YELLOW WOOD, MAGOEBASKLOOF, 0731, MOPANI 1 105 R 855 DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS, AND GREATER 996606538 AQUAVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL FORESTRY GROBLERS SEKHUKHUNE 1 145 R 855 GREATER 924640019 AREIKHULENG PRIMARY PRIMARY SCHOOL GA TSHEHLA, KLIPSPRUIT, MPUDULLE, SEKHUKHUNE 1 50 R 855 GREATER 924640033 ARKONA HIGHER PRIMARY PRIMARY SCHOOL STAND NO:343, DIAFORA SECTION, MASEMOLA, SEKHUKHUNE 1 207 R 855 922250034 AURORA PRIMARY PRIMARY SCHOOL AURORA VILLAGE, NEXT TO KRANTZPLAAS, , CAPRICORN 1 64 R 855 VYEBOOM VILLAGE, VUWANI, NEXT TO MAKHUVHA 930321394 AVHATONDWI PRIMARY PRIMARY SCHOOL GEN DEAL VHEMBE 1 355 R 855 MULODI BASHASHA VILLAGE, NEXT TO MARANDA 929310523 B.R. -
Limpopo Water Management Area North Reconciliation Strategy
P WMA 01/000/00/02914/11A Limpopo Water Management Area North Reconciliation Strategy DRAFT RECONCILIATION STRATEGY Limpopo Water Management Area North Reconciliation Strategy i Project Name: Limpopo Water Management Area North Reconciliation Strategy Report Title: Draft Reconciliation Strategy Authors: J Lombaard DWS Report No.: P WMA 01/000/00/02914/11A DWSContract No. WP 10768 PSP Project Reference No.: 60326619 Status of Report: Draft Date: September 2016 CONSULTANTS: AECOM in association with Hydrosol, Jones & Wagener and VSA Rebotile Metsi Consulting. Approved for AECOM: FGB de Jager JD Rossouw Task Leader Study Leader DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION (DWS): Directorate: National Water Resources Planning Approved for DWS: Reviewed: Dr BL Mwaka T Nditwani Director: Water Resources Planning Acting Director: National Water Resource Systems Planning Prepared by: AECOM SA (Pty) Ltd PO Box 3173 Pretoria 0001 In association with: Hydrosol Consulting Jones & Wagener VSA Rebotile Metsi Consulting P WMA 01/000/02914/11A - Draft Reconciliation Strategy Report Draft Limpopo Water Management Area North Reconciliation Strategy ii Limpopo Water Management Area North Reconciliation Strategy Date: September 2016 Phase 1: Study planning and Process PWMA 01/000/00/02914/1 Initiation Inception Report Phase 2: Study Implementation PWMA 01/000/00/02914/2 Literature Review PWMA 01/000/00/02914/3/1 PWMA 01/000/00/02914/3 Supporting Document 1: Hydrological Analysis Rainfall Data Analysis PWMA 01/000/00/02914/4/1 PWMA 01/000/00/02914/4 Supporting Document