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SPECULATIVE 2D AND 3D SEISMIC SURVEYS OFF THE SOUTH AND EAST COAST OF : EMP AMENDMENT FOR A PROPOSED 3D SEISMIC SURVEY, OFFSHORE KWAZULU-NATAL

In December 2017 Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) was granted a Reconnaissance Permit for the undertaking of speculative 2D and 3D seismic surveys in a number of petroleum licence blocks off the South and East Coasts. PGS commenced with the 2D approved seismic survey on 15 January 2018.

PGS is now proposing to undertake an additional 3D seismic survey offshore of southern KwaZulu- Natal. The proposed additional 3D seismic survey would be approximately 4 550 km² in extent and its most westerly point would be located approximately 50 km from the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast.

In order for PGS to undertake this 3D survey, it is required to prepare an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) Amendment. Notice is hereby given of the opportunity to comment on the EMP Amendment which has been made available for a 30-day review and comment period from 2 February to 5 March 2018. The report has been made available on the SLR website (www.slrconsulting.com). Comments should reach SLR (contact details below) by no later than 5 February 2018.

SLR CONTACT DETAILS Unit 39 Roeland Square, Drury Lane, Cape Town, 8001 PO Box 10145, Caledon Square, 7905 Tel: (021) 461 1118/9 Fax: (021) 461 1120 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.slrconsulting.com Date of advertisement: 2 February 2018

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NEWS iol.co.za/mercury Mercpic FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2018 2 THE MSINCE 1852 ERCURY TheMercurySA TheMercurySA NPA ACCUSED OF ‘STALLING’ Ambitious police Opposition turnaround plan not part of budget

Mayibongwe Maqhina utilisation of resources and demands crime intelligence-driven po- POLICE commissioner Khehla licing. Sitole will be knocking on the “We are not always doing door of the National Treasury things the way we are sup- with a cap in hand to ask for posed to do,” Rabie said. trial date funds to implement his ambi- The turnaround plan also tious turnaround plan amid spoke to the role of communi- the slashing of budgets in de- ties and government entities, partments. as well as defining the role of This emerged when the the SAPS in the implementa- for Zuma top brass of the SAPS made a tion of priorities contained presentation on the plan to Par- in the National Development liament’s police portfolio com- Plan. Loyiso Sidimba and to allow his party to respond to mittee in the absence of Sitole, But MPs were shocked to Baldwin Ndaba Zuma. who was attending the cabinet learn that the plan’s perfor- Selfe said the delay in giv- lekgotla in Pretoria. mance targets will not form PPOSITION parties ing other parties access to de- The committee heard that part of the budget plans to be have threatened to go tails of Zuma’s submissions performance targets set out tabled in the financial year to court should the was another tactic to further in the turnaround plan were starting in March. ONational Director of stall his prosecution. not part of the 2018-19 budget, Instead, the annual perfor- Public Prosecutions, Shaun He said the DA wanted par- which is to be tabled after mance plan (APP) will have a Abrahams, not reinstate fraud, ties to go to court and make an April. chapter highlighting the tar- racketeering and money-laun- interlocutory application to Elona Mngcangceni, 15, Yonela Radase, 16, and Nombulelo Bless, 15, all grade 10 pupils at Uxolo High School in Khayelitsha, It is, however, envisioned gets. dering charges against Presi- obtain those documents. collect water during a break from class. PICTURE: PHANDO JIKELO/AFRICAN NEWS AGENCY (ANA) that the plan’s targets will Committee chairman dent Jacob Zuma. Zuma was initially given be incorporated in the next Francois Beukman said if UDM leader Bantu Holo- the deadline of November 30 budget cycle for the upcoming the performance targets were misa warned Abra- to make his submis- medium-term expenditure not linked to the budget, they hams yesterday not sions following the framework period. remained a wish list and to delay deciding Supreme Court of Day Zero threat to Western Cape schools The plan, presented by Ma- wouldn’t be measured. whether or not to Appeal’s (SCA) judg- Mary Jane Mphahlele jor-General Leon Rabie, rede- The Freedom Front Plus’s prosecute Zuma. ment dismissing his said Kode. It is predicted that Zille said every school had day of groundwater, 120 mil- fines the strategic direction of Petrus Groenewald said he had “If he declines to appeal in October. The Western Cape Department the city will hit “Day Zero” on to have a water emergency lion litres of desalinated water the SAPS and also ensures “the lost count of turnaround plans prosecute, the par- Zuma and the of Public Works says Day Zero April 12, when all taps will be plan and assured stakeholders and 22 million litres of re- police did things right”. in the SAPS. ties may still go to NPA had appealed may see more schools clos- turned off. that officials would be avail- claimed water are planned to Rabie said the plan was not Groenewald also com- court,” he said, add- an earlier North ing if they do not have stored During this period, the city able to assist in drawing up come on-line by the end of the doing away with their “back to plained about the lack of ref- ing that Abrahams JACOB ZUMA Gauteng High Court water for when taps run dry. will move into full-scale Emer- their strategies. year,” said Kode. basics” approach. erence to the establishment of had little room to ruling which set Provincial deputy direc- gency stage 3. Kode said the water supply ANC MPL Maurencia Gil- “It is to use the foundation specialised units. manoeuvre as courts aside the decision to tor-general for Public Works This means that water to would be limited to essential lion lambasted the DA provin- laid out and build on it. “If we are to effectively have ordered that Zuma be withdraw 783 counts of fraud, Gavin Kode briefed the provin- households and businesses services, including hospitals cial government during the “We are not at a point to say fight crime, we need more spe- charged. racketeering and money laun- cial legislature’s rules commit- will be cut off. and clinics. briefing for having no plans in we have a secure, crime-free cialised units,” Groenewald Holomisa suggested that dering against Zuma. tee on what needed to be done There will not be enough He stressed that depart- place to avert Day Zero, other environment,” he told parlia- said. Abrahams recuse himself The SCA found: “It is dif- to avoid the Western Cape’s water to maintain normal ser- ments needed to assess their than asking Capetonians to mentarians. Deputy commissioner Ma- from deciding whether or not ficult to understand why the taps running dry. vices and the taps, including staff requirements to render save water. At the centre of Sitole’s jor-General Ntombenhle Vuma to prosecute Zuma, following present regime at the NPA con- “Most schools will have to those to toilets, will run dry. essential services. “From my point of view plan is asserting the authority said Sitole has started engage- the North Gauteng High Court sidered that the decision to ter- close if they don’t have their Western Cape Kode said most of the looking at the presentation of the state, responsive investi- ments with some role players, judgment ordering him to minate the prosecution could own safe supply from bore- moved to assure new sources, which include and taking part in this meeting gation of every crime, efficient including metro police chiefs. vacate his office and Deputy be defended.” holes or rainwater tanks. principals and education of- groundwater, desalination and now, I think the province, as President Cyril Ramaphosa The court found that in re- “Many businesses will ficials at a mass meeting in reclaimed water from waste- well as the City of Cape Town, to appoint his replacement as viewing his own decision to not be able to operate unless Kuils River on Wednesday that water treatment plans, were don’t have a plan, they don’t Zuma was conflicted. institute criminal proceedings they can provide temporary schools will not close if Cape far from complete. have a concrete plan for Day Abrahams filed his appli- against Zuma, and ultimately toilets and drinking water,” Town reaches Day Zero. “About 150 million litres per Zero,” said Gillion. EFF threatens legal action cation for leave to appeal the making the decision to termi- judgment last month. nate the prosecution, former According to Holomisa, acting NPA boss Mokotedi Siyabonga Mkhwanazi er requesting the debate. Abrahams should let the prima Mpshe wrongly invoked and Mente said they would facie evidence against Zuma be relied on the constitution and THE EFF has threatened consider going to court if the tested in court. the NPA Act. ANC KZN committee drops court actions to take the Speaker, Baleka speaker failed to have this “On what basis will the “Mpshe’s stated purpose of Mbete, to court for refusing before next Thursday. National Prosecuting Author- preserving the integrity of the Bongani Hans and rious decisions with regard to to prepare for the rerun of the headed the ANC faction that to hold a special sitting on “Did you chief whip ity (NPA) stand as judges?” he NPA and advancing the cause Samkelo Mtshali disputes being resolved by the provincial conference to take opposed the legitimacy of the the motion of no-confidence consider the damning judg- asked. of justice can hardly be said to courts. The view was that the place in April, would be able to Sihle Zikalala-led PEC and against President Jacob Zuma ment of the Constitutional The NPA has traced all the have been achieved,” the SCA THE suspended KwaZulu- appeal against the execution focus on its tasks. successfully challenged it in before the State of the Nation Court and yesterday (Zuma) witnesses and they are availa- found. Natal provincial executive order should be withdrawn. Zikalala said although the court, said the task team was Address (Sona) next week made his last representations ble to testify against Zuma. On Wednesday, the official committee (PEC) has dropped In relation to the appeal on the PEC had dropped both appeals, still a bone of contention. Thursday. to the NPA. Yesterday, the DA was ea- opposition’s lawyers, Minde all court appeals in a move case itself, the NEC resolved it still wanted clarity on the “As long as they haven’t This followed Mbete’s deci- “If you did not consider gerly waiting on Abrahams Schapiro & Smith Inc, wrote aimed at fostering unity with- that we should not continue ruling that the 2015 conference changed the composition of sion yesterday that there won’t this, we will see each other in to provide the party with Zu- to Abrahams to “request and in the ANC in the province. with court processes,” said was unlawful due to it being this PTT, we’ll be wasting time be any special sitting before court,” said Mente. ma’s submissions, which were insist that the DA and other in- Sihle Zikalala, the PEC Zikalala. held early. by going to the conference. the Sona. House chairperson Thoko sent to the NPA on Wednesday terested parties be given an op- provincial chairperson and In December, pro-Cyril He said part of the reason “You can’t take conflicted The ANC also entered the Didiza could not speculate night, just in time to meet the portunity of 14 calendar days co-ordinator of the provincial Ramaphosa campaigners were the PEC withdrew the appeals people and put them in lead- fray, with the party’s chief on Zuma’s future as this was midnight deadline. to comment on Zuma’s further interim committee, told the granted an execution order was because it was wrong ership together, it makes no whip Jackson Mthembu say- being discussed by the ANC. DA federal executive chair- representations”. media that the ANC leaders in instructing the PEC to vacate for the ANC disputes to be re- sense. This PTT composition ing no party can force the Mbete said there would be person James Selfe said they The DA is demanding that the province would no longer office while the provincial solved in court. is ridiculous, it is something Speaker when to schedule the no special sitting before the wanted Zuma’s submissions Zuma’s trial date be set. resort to court action to resolve executive appealed the Sep- Zikalala called on those unthinkable,” said Dube. motion of no confidence de- Sona. disputes. He said the PEC took tember ruling, nullifying the who were unhappy with the He said the NEC had told bate. “I want to underline the the decision in adherence to 2015 PEC. composition of the provincial them that it would recompose In a meeting of the pro- answer by the Deputy Speaker Subscribe to The Mercury the national executive commit- Zikalala said the withdraw- task team (PTT) to raise their the PTT and add members, but gramming committee, Ntom- and the answer is no, we won’t and save tee (NEC) instructions. al of court cases meant the issues internally. he had not heard of any chang- bovuyo Mente of the EFF said have a special sitting before the “The ANC (NEC) made se- committee the NEC appointed Lawrence Dube, who spear- es yet. they had written to the Speak- Sona,” said Mbete. Call 080 020 4711 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS SPECULATIVE 2D AND 3D SEISMIC SURVEYS OFF THE SOUTH AND Mkhize ‘will get chance to respond to allegations’ EAST COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA: EMP AMENDMENT FOR A Baldwin Ndaba and Rantho was in Joburg yesterday as was to clear his name after he was His testimony shocked the com- PROPOSED 3D SEISMIC SURVEY, OFFSHORE KWAZULU-NATAL Zimasa Matiwane part of a delegation meeting the new mentioned in a media briefing by Dep- mittee when he said Mkhize had sum- Eskom board and other members of uty Minister of Public Enterprises, moned him to Luthuli House – the Ben Martins. ANC’s headquarters in Joburg – and In December 2017 Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) was granted a Reconnaissance Permit for the undertaking of FORMER ANC treasurer Zweli Mkh- the management team. speculative 2D and 3D seismic surveys in a number of petroleum licence blocks off the South and East Coasts. ize has challenged Parliament to allow Rantho assured South Africans “Social media reports have called tried to persuade him to cancel the PGS commenced with the 2D seismic survey on 15 January 2018. him to respond to damning claims by that Mkhize would be afforded an us fools for not asking the right ques- tender with Swifambo Rail Leasing. former Prasa boss Lucky Montana opportunity to respond to Montana’s tions. We have always said people He said he told Mkhize it would be PGS is now proposing to undertake an additional 3D seismic survey offshore of southern KwaZulu-Natal. The that Mkhize allegedly canvassed a allegations that he tried to solicit a who have been named and implicated legally impossible to do so. proposed additional 3D seismic survey would be approximately 4 550 km² in extent and its most westerly point bribe for the ruling party. 10% bribe for the ANC from a R465m during the course of the inquiry will Montana said that when he stood would be located approximately 50 km from the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. Yesterday Zukiswa Rantho, the contract that was due to be awarded to be afforded an opportunity to come firm, Mkhize allegedly accused him chairperson of the portfolio commit- Swifambo Rail Leasing to build loco- and present before the committee, to of having given a lucrative tender to a In order for PGS to undertake this proposed 3D survey, it is required to prepare an Environmental Management tee on public enterprises, confirmed motives for Prasa in 2014. give their side of the story,” Rantho French company despite knowing the Plan (EMP) Amendment. Notice is hereby given of the opportunity to comment on the EMP Amendment which said. extent of brutality committed by the has been made available for a 30-day review and comment period from 2 February to 5 March 2018. The to The Mercury that Mkhize had Rantho and her committee have report has been made available on the SLR website (www.slrconsulting.com). Comments should reach SLR written to the committee asking to come under attack for allegedly fail- Mkhize did not respond to messag- French on the African countries they (contact details below) by no later than 5 February 2018. be given an opportunity to respond ing to question Montana about a es yesterday. ANC spokesperson Khu- colonised. to Montana, the erstwhile chief fi- damning report by former public pro- sela Diko reiterated the party’s stance He said they could not reach agree- SLR CONTACT DETAILS nancial officer of the Passenger Rail tector Thuli Madonsela, titled, “De- that they had no knowledge of any ment, and that Mkhize sought the 10% Unit 39 Roeland Square, Drury Lane, Cape Town, 8001 Agency of South Africa (Prasa). railed”, which implicated the former attempts to solicit a bribe. bribe when his former company was PO Box 10145, Caledon Square, 7905 “He (Mkhize) has already made the Prasa boss in corruption. On Wednesday, the EFF laid a crim- due to make an initial payment to Swi- Tel: (021) 461 1118/9 Fax: (021) 461 1120 application. I have forwarded it to the In her reply to critics, Rantho re- inal charge of corruption against fambo. Last night, Montana said: “I E-mail: [email protected] evidence leader (advocate Ntuthuzelo portedly said the main reason Mon- Mkhize at the Hillbrow Police Station welcome the decision of the commit- Website: www.slrconsulting.com Date of advertisement: 2 February 2018 Vanara),” Rantho said. tana appeared before the committee based on Montana’s testimony. tee to give Dr Mkhize a right to reply.”

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