DOCSLIB.ORG

Jacomynspan Mining Project Proof of Public Participation

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Jacomynspan Mining Project Proof of Public Participation 63 Wessel Road, Rivonia, 2128 PO Box 2597, Rivonia, 2128 South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 11 803 5726 Fax: +27 (0) 11 803 5745 Web: www.gcs-sa.biz Jacomynspan Mining Project Proof of Public Participation March 2014 Namaqua Nickel Mining (Pty) Ltd GCS Project Number: 12-139 DMR Reference: NC 30/5/1/2/2/10032 MR DENC Reference: NC/EIA/01/ZFM/KHE/MAR1/2014 GCS (Pty) Ltd. Reg No: 2004/000765/07 Est. 1987 Offices: Durban Johannesburg Lusaka Ostrava Pretoria Windhoek Directors: AC Johnstone (Managing) PF Labuschagne AWC Marais S Pilane F Pieterse www.gcs -sa.biz Non-executive: G De Swardt Namaqua Nickel Mining Limited Appendix D – Proof of Public Participation CONTENTS PAGE CONTENTS PAGE ................................................................................................................................ 2 LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................. 2 LIST OF PHOTOS ................................................................................................................................. 2 1 SITE NOTICES .............................................................................................................................. 3 2 ADVERTISEMENTS ...................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION PROCESS INITIATION .......................................................................... 6 2.2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING REPORT AVAILABILITY .................................................................................. 9 3 BACKGROUND INFORMATION DOCUMENTS ............................................................................ 12 3.1 BID ............................................................................................................................................ 13 3.2 PROOF OF DISTRIBUTION ................................................................................................................. 14 4 MPRDA ESR AVAILABILITY ........................................................................................................ 16 4.1 LETTER SENT ................................................................................................................................. 17 4.2 PROOF OF NOTIFICATION ................................................................................................................ 18 5 NEMA ESR AVAILABILITY .......................................................................................................... 21 6 CONSULTATION WITH AUTHORITIES ........................................................................................ 22 6.1 MEETING WITH THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY OFFICIALS ............................................................................ 23 6.2 MEETING WITH THE DMR .............................................................................................................. 25 8 NOTIFICATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH STAKEHOLDERS .............................................. 28 8.1 CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES ..................................................................................... 28 8.2 CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE NEIGHBORING LANDOWNERS .................................................................... 29 9 STAKEHOLDER DATABASE ........................................................................................................ 30 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2.1: Gemsbok News (Wednesday, 22 January 2014) ....................................... 7 Figure 2.2 Diamond Fields Advertiser (Wednesday, 22 January 2014) ...................... 8 Figure 3.3.1 BID distribution- Email ................................................................ 14 Figure 3.2 BID distribution- Faxes .................................................................... 15 Figure 4.4.1 Email ...................................................................................... 18 Figure 4.2 Faxes ......................................................................................... 19 Figure 4.3 Registered mail ............................................................................ 20 Figure 6.1 Local Municipality Consultation Meeting: Attendance Register (Page 1) ..... 23 Figure 6.2 DMR Consultation Meeting: Attendance Register .................................. 25 LIST OF PHOTOS Photo 1.1: Entrance to the project site along the Kenhardt-Putsonderwater gravel road . 4 Photo 1.2: Intersection of the roads from Kenhardt, Marydale and the N10 in Putsonderwater: ............................................................................................. 4 Photo 1.3: BP fuel station, corner Snyman and Niekerk Streets in Marydale ................. 5 Photo 1.4: Public notice board inside the Foodzone Alstop Supermarket, 1 Koegrabie Street, Groblershoop. ...................................................................................... 5 12-139 20 March 2014 Page 2 of 30 Namaqua Nickel Mining Limited Appendix D – Proof of Public Participation 1 SITE NOTICES A2 site notices were placed at four (4) locations around the Jacomynspan Project area to inform the public of the environmental authorisation application process. The site notices were placed at the following locations on the 20 January 2014: • Project Site: on the entrance to the project site along the Kenhardt- Putsonderwater gravel road; • Putsonderwater: on the intersection of the roads from Kenhardt, Marydale and the N10; • Marydale: at the BP fuel station, corner Snyman and Niekerk Streets; and • Groblerhoop: on the public notice board inside the Foodzone Alstop Supermarket, 1 Koegrabie Street, Groblershoop. Photographs of the placement of the four (4) site notices are presented in Photo 1.1 to Photo 1.4. 12-139 20 March 2014 Page 3 of 30 Namaqua Nickel Mining Limited Appendix D – Proof of Public Participation Photo 1.1: Entrance to the project site along the Kenhardt-Putsonderwater gravel road Photo 1.2: Intersection of the roads from Kenhardt, Marydale and the N10 in Putsonderwater: 12-139 20 March 2014 Page 4 of 30 Namaqua Nickel Mining Limited Appendix D – Proof of Public Participation Photo 1.3: BP fuel station, corner Snyman and Niekerk Streets in Marydale Photo 1.4: Public notice board inside the Foodzone Alstop Supermarket, 1 Koegrabie Street, Groblershoop. 12-139 20 March 2014 Page 5 of 30 Namaqua Nickel Mining Limited Appendix D – Proof of Public Participation 2 ADVERTISEMENTS 2.1 Environmental Authorisation Process Initiation Advertisements were placed in two (2) newspapers to inform the public of the initiation of the environmental authorisation process: • A local newspaper, Gemsbok News published on Wednesday, 22 January 2014; and • A local newspaper, Diamond Field Advertiser published on Wednesday, 22 January 2014. The proof of placement is presented under Figure 2.1 and Figure 2.2. 12-139 20 March 2014 Page 6 of 30 Namaqua Nickel Mining Limited Appendix D – Proof of Public Participation Figure 2.1: Gemsbok News (Wednesday, 22 January 2014) 12-139 20 March 2014 Page 7 of 30 Namaqua Nickel Mining Limited Appendix D – Proof of Public Participation Figure 2.2 Diamond Fields Advertiser (Wednesday, 22 January 2014) 12-139 20 March 2014 Page 8 of 30 Namaqua Nickel Mining Limited Appendix D – Proof of Public Participation 2.2 Environmental Scoping Report Availability Advertisements were placed in two (2) newspapers to inform the public of the availability of the Environmental Scoping Report for the MPRDA process: • A local newspaper, Gemsbok News published on Friday, 21 February 2014; and • A local newspaper, Diamond Field Advertiser published on Monday, 24 February 2014. The proof of placement is presented under Figure 2.3 and Figure 2.4. The availability of the draft Scoping Report for the NEMA process will be included in the Final ESR to DENC. 12-139 20 March 2014 Page 9 of 30 Namaqua Nickel Mining Limited Appendix D – Proof of Public Participation Figure 0.3: Gemsbok News (Friday, 21 February 2014) 12-139 20 March 2014 Page 10 of 30 Namaqua Nickel Mining Limited Appendix D – Proof of Public Participation Figure 2.4: Diamond Fields Newspaper (Monday, 24 Febuary 2014) 12-139 20 March 2014 Page 11 of 30 Namaqua Nickel Mining Limited Appendix D – Proof of Public Participation 3 BACKGROUND INFORMATION DOCUMENTS All existing registered I&APs on the Jacomynspan Project stakeholder database (including authorities) were informed of the project by means of a Background Information Document (BID) distributed via hand delivery, email (27 January 2014) and fax (27 January 2014). The BID is presented under section 3.1 and the proof of notification is presented under Figure 3.1 to Figure 3.4. 12-139 20 March 2014 Page 12 of 30 Namaqua Nickel Mining Limited Appendix D – Proof of Public Participation 3.1 BID Refer to BID on the following pages. 12-139 20 March 2014 Page 13 of 30 63 Wessel Road Rivonia 2128 PO Box 2597 Rivonia 2128 South Africa Telephone: +27 (0)11 803 5726 Facsimile: +27 (0)11 803 5745 Web: www.gcs-sa.biz Background Information Document Jacomynspan Mining Project January 2014 Namaqua Nickel Mining (Pty) Ltd GCS Project Number: 12-139 DMR Ref Number: NC 30/5/1/2/2/10032 MR NCDEANC Ref Number: NC/EIA/01/ZFM/KHE/MAR1/2014 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PRACTITIONER : GCS (PTY) LTD GCS Water and Environment (Pty) Ltd (GCS) is a fully integrated water, environmental, and earth science consulting services company based in the Republic of South Africa. GCS provides a professional consulting
Load more

Recommended publications
  • A Review of the Species of Psammophis Boie Found South of Latitude 12° S (Serpentes: Psammophiinae)
    African Journal of Herpetology, 2002 51(2): 83-119. Original article A review of the species of Psammophis Boie found south of Latitude 12° S (Serpentes: Psammophiinae) DONALD G. BROADLEY Research Associate, Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo Present address: Biodiversity Foundation for Africa,P.O. Box FM 730, Famona, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe [email protected] Abstract.—The status, relationships and zoogeography of the 14 taxa of Psammophis found south of Latitude 12° S are reviewed and the following taxonomic changes are proposed: 1. Psammophis trinasalis and P. namibensis, previously treated as subspecies of P. leightoni, are recognised as good evolutionary species which show ecological differences. 2. Psammophis orientalis, previously regarded as a subspecies of P. subtaeniatus, differs from the lat- ter in a suite of characters and is parapatric with it in Zimbabwe, so it is now recognised as an evolu- tionary species. 3. Psammophis brevirostris and P. leopardinus, previously regarded as subspecies of P. sibilans (Linnaeus), are recognised as relict evolutionary species. The Zambian populations previously assigned to P. leopardinus have been described as a new species (Hughes & Wade, in press). Key words.—Psammophis, morphology, taxonomy, zoogeography, southern Africa ince the last review of the genus mossambicus has subsequently been applied to SPsammophis in southern Africa (Broadley this eastern sister taxon of P. phillipsii 1977), a revision of the whole genus was the (Hallowell) by Branch (1998) and Hughes subject of a thesis by Frank Brandstätter (1999). (1995), which was subsequently published in summary form (Brandstätter 1996). The result- ing confusion with regard to the northern forms MATERIALS AND METHODS of the P.
    [Show full text]
  • Phase 1 Hia Report Plot 1178 Kakamas South Northern Cape
    PHASE 1 HIA REPORT PLOT 1178 KAKAMAS SOUTH NORTHERN CAPE PROPOSED AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (TRIPLE D FARMS), PLOT 1178, KAKAMAS SOUTH SETTLEMENT, KAI !GARIB MUNICIPALITY, MGCAWU DISTRICT MUNICIPALTY, NORTHERN CAPE. PREPARED FOR: ENVIROAFRICA PREPARED BY: JAN ENGELBRECHT & HEIDI FIVAZ UBIQUE HERITAGE CONSULTANTS 27 SEPTEMBER 2018 Web: www.ubiquecrm.com Mail: [email protected] Office: (+27)116750125 Address: P.O. Box 5022 Weltevredenpark 1715 CSD Supplier Number MAAA0586123 PHASE 1 HIA REPORT PLOT 1178 KAKAMAS SOUTH NORTHERN CAPE Client: EnviroAfrica CC. P.O. Box 5367, Helderberg, 7135 Fax: 086 512 0154 / Tel: 021 8511616 / E-mail: [email protected] Contact Person: Bernard de Witt E-mail: [email protected] Heritage Consultant: UBIQUE Heritage Consultants Contact Person: Jan Engelbrecht (archaeologist and lead CRM specialist) Member of the Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists: Member number: 297 Cell: (+27) 0828456276 E-mail: [email protected] Heidi Fivaz (archaeologist) Member of the Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists: Member number: 433 Cell: (+27) 0721418860 E-mail: [email protected] For this project, Mr Engelbrecht was responsible for the field survey of the development footprint, identification of heritage resources, and recommendations. Ms Fivaz was responsible for research and report compilation. Declaration of independence: We, Jan Engelbrecht and Heidi Fivaz, partners of UBIQUE Heritage Consultants, hereby confirm our independence as heritage specialists and declare that: • we are suitably qualified and accredited to act as independent specialists in this application; • we do not have any vested interests (either business, financial, personal or other) in the proposed development project other than remuneration for the heritage assessment and heritage management services performed; • the work was conducted in an objective and ethical manner, in accordance with a professional code of conduct and within the framework of South African heritage legislation.
    [Show full text]
  • Explore the Northern Cape Province
    Cultural Guiding - Explore The Northern Cape Province When Schalk van Niekerk traded all his possessions for an 83.5 carat stone owned by the Griqua Shepard, Zwartboy, Sir Richard Southey, Colonial Secretary of the Cape, declared with some justification: “This is the rock on which the future of South Africa will be built.” For us, The Star of South Africa, as the gem became known, shines not in the East, but in the Northern Cape. (Tourism Blueprint, 2006) 2 – WildlifeCampus Cultural Guiding Course – Northern Cape Module # 1 - Province Overview Component # 1 - Northern Cape Province Overview Module # 2 - Cultural Overview Component # 1 - Northern Cape Cultural Overview Module # 3 - Historical Overview Component # 1 - Northern Cape Historical Overview Module # 4 - Wildlife and Nature Conservation Overview Component # 1 - Northern Cape Wildlife and Nature Conservation Overview Module # 5 - Namaqualand Component # 1 - Namaqualand Component # 2 - The Hantam Karoo Component # 3 - Towns along the N14 Component # 4 - Richtersveld Component # 5 - The West Coast Module # 5 - Karoo Region Component # 1 - Introduction to the Karoo and N12 towns Component # 2 - Towns along the N1, N9 and N10 Component # 3 - Other Karoo towns Module # 6 - Diamond Region Component # 1 - Kimberley Component # 2 - Battlefields and towns along the N12 Module # 7 - The Green Kalahari Component # 1 – The Green Kalahari Module # 8 - The Kalahari Component # 1 - Kuruman and towns along the N14 South and R31 Northern Cape Province Overview This course material is the copyrighted intellectual property of WildlifeCampus. It may not be copied, distributed or reproduced in any format whatsoever without the express written permission of WildlifeCampus. 3 – WildlifeCampus Cultural Guiding Course – Northern Cape Module 1 - Component 1 Northern Cape Province Overview Introduction Diamonds certainly put the Northern Cape on the map, but it has far more to offer than these shiny stones.
    [Show full text]
  • 2870 29-5 Tenderbulletin
    , 4 Government Tender Bulletin REPUBLICREPUBLIC OF OF SOUTH SOUTH AFRICAAFRICA Vol. 599 Pretoria, 29 May 2015 No. 2870 This document is also available on the Internet on the following web sites: 1. http://www.treasury.gov.za 2. http://www.info.gov.za/documents/tenders/index.htm 3. http://www.gpwonline.co.za N.B. The Government Printing Works will not be held responsible for the quality of “Hard Copies” or “Electronic Files” submitted for publication purposes AIDS HELPLINEHELPLINE: 08000800-123-22 123 22 PreventionPrevention is is the the curecure 501825—A 2870—1 2 GOVERNMENT TENDER BULLETIN, 29 MAY 2015 Important Information from Government Printing Works Dear Valued Customers, Government Printing Works has implemented rules for completing and submitting the electronic Adobe Forms when you, the customer, submits your notice request. Please take note of these guidelines when completing your form. GPW Business Rules 1. No hand written notices will be accepted for processing, this includes Adobe forms which have been completed by hand. BULF, 2. Notices can only be submitted in Adobe electronic form format to the email submission address [email protected]. This means that any notice submissions not on an Adobe electronic form that are submitted to this mailbox will be rejected. National or Provincial gazette notices, where the Z95 or Z95Prov must be an Adobe form but the notice content (body) will be an attachment. 3. Notices brought into GPW by "walk-in" customers on electronic media can only be submitted in Adobe electronic form format. This means that any notice submissions not on an Adobe electronic form that are submitted by the customer on electronic media will be rejected.
    [Show full text]
  • Review of Existing Infrastructure in the Orange River Catchment
    Study Name: Orange River Integrated Water Resources Management Plan Report Title: Review of Existing Infrastructure in the Orange River Catchment Submitted By: WRP Consulting Engineers, Jeffares and Green, Sechaba Consulting, WCE Pty Ltd, Water Surveys Botswana (Pty) Ltd Authors: A Jeleni, H Mare Date of Issue: November 2007 Distribution: Botswana: DWA: 2 copies (Katai, Setloboko) Lesotho: Commissioner of Water: 2 copies (Ramosoeu, Nthathakane) Namibia: MAWRD: 2 copies (Amakali) South Africa: DWAF: 2 copies (Pyke, van Niekerk) GTZ: 2 copies (Vogel, Mpho) Reports: Review of Existing Infrastructure in the Orange River Catchment Review of Surface Hydrology in the Orange River Catchment Flood Management Evaluation of the Orange River Review of Groundwater Resources in the Orange River Catchment Environmental Considerations Pertaining to the Orange River Summary of Water Requirements from the Orange River Water Quality in the Orange River Demographic and Economic Activity in the four Orange Basin States Current Analytical Methods and Technical Capacity of the four Orange Basin States Institutional Structures in the four Orange Basin States Legislation and Legal Issues Surrounding the Orange River Catchment Summary Report TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 6 1.1 General ......................................................................................................................... 6 1.2 Objective of the study ................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Telkom Workshop with the Portfolio Committee on Communications in Parliament
    Telkom Workshop with the Portfolio Committee on Communications in Parliament 06 – 07 October 2004 Terms of Reference The Portfolio Committee on Communications has requested Telkom to present on the technical and regulatory aspects of its business 2 Introducing the Telkom Delegation • Nkenke Kekana Group Executive – Regulatory & Public Policy • Benitto Lekalakala Executive – Parliament, Policy & Legislation • Wally Broeders Executive – Integrated Network Planning • Jack Tlokana Senior Specialist – RC: Advanced Technology • Graham Keet Senior Specialist – RC: Special Markets • Josephine Mabotja Senior Specialist – Competition Law & Economics • Izaak Coetzee Senior Specialist - Regulatory Economics • Nozicelo Ngcobo Senior Specialist – Research and Strategy • Keso Mbali Senior Specialist - Multi-media and Convergence • Maphelo Mvunelwa Specialist – Parliamentary Liaison 3 Agenda items • Overview of the Current • Interconnection Regulatory Environment • Carrier Pre-Selection • Overview of the Expected Regulatory Environment • Number Portability • Telkom Licences • Network Planning and Management • Numbering Plans • Square Kilometre Array (SKA) • COA/CAM • Convergence 4 Overview of the Current Regulatory Environment in South Africa International Telecommunications Reform • Early 1990’s - end of telecommunications natural monopoly across the world as administered by governments • Economic and technological developments necessitated a review of the treatment of telecommunications • WTO, ITU, EU and other international bodies reassessed the increasing
    [Show full text]
  • Nc Travelguide 2016 1 7.68 MB
    Experience Northern CapeSouth Africa NORTHERN CAPE TOURISM AUTHORITY Tel: +27 (0) 53 832 2657 · Fax +27 (0) 53 831 2937 Email:[email protected] www.experiencenortherncape.com 2016 Edition www.experiencenortherncape.com 1 Experience the Northern Cape Majestically covering more Mining for holiday than 360 000 square kilometres accommodation from the world-renowned Kalahari Desert in the ideas? North to the arid plains of the Karoo in the South, the Northern Cape Province of South Africa offers Explore Kimberley’s visitors an unforgettable holiday experience. self-catering accommodation Characterised by its open spaces, friendly people, options at two of our rich history and unique cultural diversity, finest conservation reserves, Rooipoort and this land of the extreme promises an unparalleled Dronfield. tourism destination of extreme nature, real culture and extreme adventure. Call 053 839 4455 to book. The province is easily accessible and served by the Kimberley and Upington airports with daily flights from Johannesburg and Cape Town. ROOIPOORT DRONFIELD Charter options from Windhoek, Activities Activities Victoria Falls and an internal • Game viewing • Game viewing aerial network make the exploration • Bird watching • Bird watching • Bushmen petroglyphs • Vulture hide of all five regions possible. • National Heritage Site • Swimming pool • Self-drive is allowed Accommodation The province is divided into five Rooipoort has a variety of self- Accommodation regions and boasts a total catering accommodation to offer. • 6 fully-equipped • “The Shooting Box” self-catering chalets of six national parks, including sleeps 12 people sharing • Consists of 3 family units two Transfrontier parks crossing • Box Cottage and 3 open plan units sleeps 4 people sharing into world-famous safari • Luxury Tented Camp destinations such as Namibia accommodation andThis Botswanais the world of asOrange well River as Cellars.
    [Show full text]
  • Potential Toxic Algal Incident in the Orange River Northern Cape 2000
    Potentially Toxic Algal Incident in the Orange River, Northern Cape, 2000 by C.E. van Ginkel & B. Conradie IWQS & NC Region • I bEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY I 0 -,_. TITLE: POTENTIALLY TOXIC ALGAL INCIDENT IN THE ORANGE RIVER, NORTHERN CAPE, 2000. REPORT NUMBER: N/D801/12/DEQ/0800 PROJECT: Eutrophication Project STATUS OF REPORT: Final DATE: July 2001 This report should be cited as: Van Ginkel, C.E. and B. Conradie (2001). Potential toxic algal incident in the Orange River, Northern Cape, 2000. Draft Report No. N/D801/12/DEQ/0800. Institute for Water Quality Studies, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Pretoria. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1. All the external stakeholders who assisted in collecting, storing and transporting samples. These include (not in any order of priority): • Mr Jaco Goussard (JCG Water Treatment) • Mr Gert Meiring (Upington Municipality) • Mr Gawie Moon (Council for Geo Science) • Personnel at the Pelladrift and Namakwa Water Boards • Personnel of the Trans Hex Limited mining company at Reuning and Baken • Personnel of the Alexkor Limited mining company (at the mine and on the farms) • Personnel of Global Diamond Resources at Grasdrift • Personnel of the Richtersveld National Park • Mrs Bettie Nieuwouldt, Richtersveld Farmers' Union • Springbok Lodge and Restaurant perspnnel • Northern Cape Nature Conservation Services • Wilna Barkhuizen at the Vioolsdrift Irrigation Board 2. Personnel of the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) who contributed beyond their normal duties to make the task possible, including: • Personnel from the Institute for Water Quality Studies (IWQS): DWAF who visited Upington promptly to supply preservatives and sampling equipment to the office and assisted the Upington office in numerous logistical arrangements as well as providing expertise as member of the National Toxic Algal Forum (Mrs Carin van Ginkel), laboratory personnel (Eisabe Truter, Chris Carelson, Doris le Roux) and the technical team {Annelise Gerber) who assisted with data collection, analysis and reporting.
    [Show full text]
  • Kheis Township Expansion Opwag Northern Cape
    PHASE 1 HIA REPORT !KHEIS TOWNSHIP EXPANSION OPWAG NORTHERN CAPE PROPOSED TOWNSHIP EXPANSION ON PLOT 2642 BOEGOEBERG SETTLEMENT (KENHARDT), AND PORTION 14 FARM BOEGOEBERGNEDERSETTING RE/48, !KHEIS LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, ZF MGCAWU DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY, NORTHERN CAPE. REFERENCE: NC/21/2018/PP (OPWAG 730)/BH0068 PREPARED FOR: ENVIROAFRICA PREPARED BY: HEIDI FIVAZ & JAN ENGELBRECHT UBIQUE HERITAGE CONSULTANTS 29 JUNE 2020 Web: www.ubiquecrm.com Mail: [email protected] Office: (+27)0721418860 Address: P.O. Box 5022 Weltevredenpark 1715 CSD Supplier Number MAAA0586123 PHASE 1 HIA REPORT !KHEIS TOWNSHIP EXPANSION OPWAG NORTHERN CAPE Client: EnviroAfrica CC. P.O. Box 5367, Helderberg, 7135 Fax: 086 512 0154 / Tel: 021 8511616 / Email: [email protected] Contact Person: Bernard de Witt Email: [email protected] Heritage Consultant: UBIQUE Heritage Consultants Contact Person: Jan Engelbrecht (archaeologist and lead CRM specialist) Member of the Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists: Member number: 297 Cell: (+27) 0828456276 Email: [email protected] Heidi Fivaz (archaeologist) Member of the Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists: Member number: 433 Cell: (+27) 0721418860 Email: [email protected] For this project, Mr Engelbrecht was responsible for the field survey of the development footprint, identification of heritage resources, and recommendations. Ms Fivaz was responsible for research and report compilation. The desktop study was conducted by Sky-Lee Fairhurst and the PIA was completed
    [Show full text]
  • 1 Imagining a 'Pleasant Place': a Rock Engraving Site in the Trans-Gariep Nama Karoo, South Africa Jeremy Hollmann Rock
    Imagining a ‘Pleasant Place’: A rock engraving site in the Trans-Gariep Nama Karoo, South Africa Jeremy Hollmann Rock Art Research Research Institute, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3 Wits, 2050, South Africa [email protected] Marlize Lombard Palaeo-Research Institute, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa [email protected] ABSTRACT The Keimoes Engraving Site 01 (KES 01) north of Keimoes, Northern Cape Province, is a recently documented site with just over 50 recorded instances of rock markings. These comprise engravings of human footprints, animal motifs and smoothed and pecked areas on an outcrop. The KES 01 engravings provide an opportunity to investigate the ‘problem of the animals’, i.e. the predominance of animal images and their frequent presentation as solitary figures portrayed in a standing posture. This phenomenon has been noted previously but not investigated. th Here the concept of ‘wind’, a prominent theme in 19 century xam ethnography and st th 21 and 20 century anthropological and ethnographic studies,ǀ is the basis for imagining what the engraved images ‘do’. It is argued that the engravings themselves have a ‘wind’ that is specific to the potency of the animal depicted. Their presence on an outcrop in the vicinity of a pan, a prominent steep-sided koppie (butte) and several funnel-like structures (kites) is seen as part of an invisible network of interacting winds that contribute to what one of the 19th century xam described as a ‘pleasant place’. ǀ KEY WORDS: elephant, giraffe, kites, monitor lizards, animal behaviour, footprints, wind, Bleek and Lloyd Collection.
    [Show full text]
  • Report Groblershoop Sanddraai 391 Royal Haskon 2014
    25 NOVEMBER 2014 FIRST PHASE ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HERITAGE INVESTIGATION OF THE PROPOSED PV ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS AT THE FARM SANDDRAAI 391 NEAR GROBLERSHOOP, NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Solafrica Photovoltaic Energy from Rivonia Road, Sandhurst, is planning the construction of a combined Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and Photo Voltaic (PV) project on the farm Sanddraai 391, near Groblershoop in the Northern Cape. The farm covers about 4600ha. The land can be divided into two parts: a low lying area near the Orange River on bare layers of calcrete and further away, sterile red sand dunes covered by stands of Bushman Grass ( Cipa sp .) with indigenous trees and shrubs. Several heritage impact assessments around Groblershoop and Olifantshoek and along the Sishen-Saldanha railway line produced archaeological and historical material. In the case of Sanddraai 391, archaeological remains in the form of flaked cores and core flakes were found previously and in the present case along the river. Scatters of worked stone artefacts were found in association with calcrete outcrops. No dense concentrations occurred. Along the Orange River, cultural and historical remnants go along with human occupation, represented by a farm yard consisting of a residential house and a well built kraal with a solar installation and water supply equipment. No graves were found. Mitigation measures will be necessary in case graves or other human skeletal or unidentified heritage resources are found during the construction phase. Although the red sand dunes seem to be sterile, it is possible that the dune crests and streets between dunes could have been the activity and dwelling places during the Later Stone Age.
    [Show full text]
  • Orange River: Assessment of Water Quality Data Requirements for Water Quality Planning Purposes
    DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY Water Resource Planning Systems Orange River: Assessment of Water Quality Data Requirements for Water Quality Planning Purposes Towards a Monitoring programme: Upper and Lower Orange Water Management Areas (WMAs 13 and 14) Report No.: 6 P RSA D000/00/8009/3 July 2009 Final Published by Department of Water Affairs and Forestry Private Bag X313 PRETORIA, 0001 Republic of South Africa Tel: (012) 336 7500/ +27 12 336 7500 Fax: (012) 336 6731/ +27 12 336 6731 Copyright reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without full acknowledgement of the source ISBN No. 978-0-621-38693-6 This report should be cited as: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF), 2009. Directorate Water Resource Planning Systems: Water Quality Planning. Orange River: Assessment of water quality data requirements for planning purposes. Towards a Monitoring Programme: Upper and Lower Orange Water Management Areas (WMAs 13 and 14). Report No. 6 (P RSA D000/00/8009/3). ISBN No. 978-0-621-38693-6, Pretoria, South Africa. Orange River: Assessment of Water Quality data requirements for water quality planning purposes Monitoring Programme Report No.:6 DOCUMENT INDEX Reports as part of this project: REPORT REPORT TITLE NUMBER Overview: Overarching Catchment Context: Upper and Lower Orange Water Management 1* Areas (WMAs 13 and 14) 2.1* Desktop Catchment Assessment Study: Upper Orange Water Management Area (WMA 13) 2.2* Desktop Catchment Assessment Study: Lower Orange Water Management Area (WMA 14) 3** Water
    [Show full text]