Bosa Transmission Interconnection Project Final Resettlement Policy Framework –Report
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BOSA TRANSMISSION 2 March 2018 INTERCONNECTION PROJECT Revision: 2 Reference: 112581 FINAL RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK –REPORT SAPP, BPC and Eskom Document control record Document prepared by: Aurecon South Africa (Pty) Ltd 1977/003711/07 Aurecon Centre Lynnwood Bridge Office Park 4 Daventry Street Lynnwood Manor 0081 PO Box 74381 Lynnwood Ridge 0040 South Africa T +27 12 427 2000 F +27 86 556 0521 E [email protected] W aurecongroup.com A person using Aurecon documents or data accepts the risk of: a) Using the documents or data in electronic form without requesting and checking them for accuracy against the original hard copy version. b) Using the documents or data for any purpose not agreed to in writing by Aurecon. Document control Report title FINAL RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK –REPORT Document ID 112581 Project number 112581 File path Https://aurecongroup- my.sharepoint.com/personal/noeleen_greyling_aurecongroup_com/Documents/112581 BOSA/BOSA Draft RPF Report -2-.docx Client SAPP, BPC and Eskom Client contact Re Date Revision details/status Prepared Author Verifier Approver v by 1 22 January 2018 0 NG NG TS TS 2 2 March 2018 1 NG NG EdP TS Current revision 2 Approval Author signature Approver signature Name Noeleen Greyling Name Tebogo Sebego Title Social Scientist Title Associate Project 112581 File BOSA Draft RPF Report South Africa -2-.docx 2 March 2018 Revision 2 BOSA TRANSMISSION INTERCONNECTION PROJECT Date 2 March 2018 Reference 112581 Revision 2 Aurecon South Africa (Pty) Ltd 1977/003711/07 Aurecon Centre Lynnwood Bridge Office Park 4 Daventry Street Lynnwood Manor 0081 PO Box 74381 Lynnwood Ridge 0040 South Africa T +27 12 427 2000 F +27 86 556 0521 E [email protected] W aurecongroup.com Project 112581 File BOSA Draft RPF Report South Africa -2-.docx 2 March 2018 Revision 2 Executive summary The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) is a prominent power pool initiative tasked with coordinating the planning, generation and transmission of electricity on behalf of member state utilities in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. As, such SAPP has identified Botswana- South Africa (BOSA) Transmission Interconnection Project as one of the energy pool initiatives. The aim of the project is to alleviate the current electricity supply constraints and contribute towards energy security of supply in the long run by enhancing the distribution of electricity in the region. Given the transborder nature of the project, both Eskom of South Africa (Eskom) and the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) will subsequently be the beneficiaries of the project. The project is funded by the European Union (EU) and the funds are administered by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). An environmental assessment process is required to meet the international funder standards for environmentally and socially sustainable development and will be termed an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA). The DBSA Environmental and Social Safeguards Standards, closely linked to the Performance Standards of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) will guide the overall ESIA, which will be conducted as two Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), run in parallel, to ensure that the specific South African and Botswana requirements are met. The SAPP appointed Aurecon South Africa (Pty) Ltd (hereafter referred to as Aurecon) as an independent consulting firm to provide transaction advisory services and project scoping for the proposed transmission interconnector project between the two countries. Aurecon was commissioned to undertake the Preliminary Design and the ESIA on the referred transmission corridor. The design and environmental authorisation processes to be undertaken are for the construction of a 400-kV transmission power line. This will consist of two transmission lines located approximately and 60 m apart and 210 km in length. The application for environmental authorisation is for a 1 km wide corridor within which the transmission lines will be located. The line will connect the existing Isang substation in Botswana to the proposed Watershed B substation (hereinafter referred to as Mahikeng substation) near Mahikeng in South Africa. The ESIA authorisation process is required in terms of the National Environmental Management Act (No.107 of 1998) (NEMA), as amended in South African and the Environmental Impact Assessment Act (No. 10 of 2011) (EIAA) in Botswana. The details of the entire line have been included in the application which will go to the Department of Environment Affairs (DEA) in South Africa to allow for an overview of the entire project, although decision-making will only apply to the section of line between the proposed Mahikeng substation and the border between South Africa and Botswana. Project 112581 File BOSA Draft RPF Report South Africa -2-.docx 2 March 2018 Revision 2 Page I The DEA in Botswana requires that an environmental practitioner registered with Botswana Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association (BEAPA) undertake the EIA process in Botswana and Aurecon have thus partnered with a local firm Digby Wells, trading as RPM, who have managed the process in Botswana in terms of the EIAA. A separate report will be submitted to the DEA in Botswana for review and approval of the relevant section in Botswana. Affected households In Botswana an aerial survey was done where 128 impacted farms were identified, followed with a field survey where two of the farms were found to be nonexistent, leaving the total number of farms impacted to be 126. Out of the 126 farms surveyed, 60 farms were fenced, most of the farmers used sticks, poles for fencing, and only a few farms were fenced using wire fence and steel poles. The remaining 66 farms that were not fenced were also not de-bushed nor cultivated. Out of the 126 farms surveyed, only 17 farms were ploughed. Ploughing season in the area starts in November, the survey was undertaken in October thus before the ploughing season. In addition, 18 farms had structures on them. 126 farms directly 66 farms not fenced affected 18 farms 60 fenced farms with structures Farms and structures affected in Botswana In South Africa there are 77 farm portions directly affected by the proposed project. There are two categories of farms that will form part of the compensation process and these are privately owned farm portions as well as state owned/ traditional trust owned farm portions. Project 112581 File BOSA Draft RPF Report South Africa -2-.docx 2 March 2018 Revision 2 Page II 77 farm portions directly affected 48 State/ traditional 29 privately owned trust owned farms portions affected farm portions affected Farms affected in South Africa There are two households that will need to be resettled as most of their structures fall within the proposed project servitude. These households are in the Dinokana Village that is on the remainder of the farm Welbedacht 147. The farm portion is owned by the Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality. The structures for the two households that are affected include two multifunctional residential structures as well as a toilet. There are three other structures that are likely to be affected and the households that own these structures will not be resettled as most of their homestead structures fall outside of the proposed servitude. These households will be compensated for the impacted structures, which include a gate, cattle kraal and dog shelter. 1 gate 1 cattle Kraal 6 structures 2 multifunctional residential structures impacted 1 tiolet 1 dog shelter 2 Households located in Dinokana households Village to be resettled Households to be resettled and structures affected Project 112581 File BOSA Draft RPF Report South Africa -2-.docx 2 March 2018 Revision 2 Page III Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) This Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) defines the procedures for involuntary land acquisition, and resettlement, and sets out objectives, principles, compensation entitlements, legal frameworks, consultation procedures and grievance redress mechanisms for the successful execution of this project. According to Reddy, Smith and Steyn (2015), a RPF should broadly identify objectives, principles, policies, procedures and organisational arrangements for dealing with land access and resettlement. Such frameworks are particularly useful in two situations: • Pre-feasibility study and feasibility study stages: particularly to help estimate the time-frame and cost of land acquisition and resettlement. • Where there are multiple project components: if a project has subprojects or multiple components that cannot be identified before project approval or that may be implemented sequentially over an extended period, an RPF can ensure consistency of approach between components and phases. Projects must then prepare management plans, such as resettlement action plans, which are consistent with the RPF to cover each subproject or component. The BOSA project is in feasibility stage and therefore a RPF has been developed that will inform the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP), to be developed when the detailed design has been completed. The proposed BOSA Project will involve the establishment of a permanent servitude along the length of the transmission line, as well as for certain items of ancillary infrastructure. Certain land use restrictions will be permanently in force within this servitude. In addition, construction activities will necessitate a temporary disruption of all current land uses in a corridor to either side of the