INDEX (PTY) LTD Social Impact Assessment Report Proposed Coleskop Wind Energy Facility, Northern & Eastern Cape Provinces Prepared for: EOH Coastal and Environmental Services 12/9/2018 0 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT – PROPOSED COLESKOP WIND ENERGY FACILITY Submitted by: Ms. Marchelle Terblanche Integrated Rural and Urban Development Expertise (Pty) Ltd PO Box 26275 Monument Park 0105 Tel: 012 346 5307 Fax: 086 644 1160 E-mail: [email protected] Submitted to: EOH Coastal & Environmental Services P.O. Box 934 Grahamstown, 6140 Tel: (046) 622 2364 Fax: (046) 622 6564 1 INDEX (PTY) LTD SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT – PROPOSED COLESKOP WIND ENERGY FACILITY Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 7 1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 7 1.2 LOCALITY .......................................................................................................... 7 1.3 PROJECT BACKGROUND .......................................................................................... 8 2. PURPOSE OF THE SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ............................................... 9 2.1 PURPOSE OF A SIA .............................................................................................. 9 2.2 PURPOSE OF THIS SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT ................................................ 10 3. METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................... 10 3.1 SCOPE OF THE ASSESSMENT ................................................................................. 10 3.2 DESKTOP STUDIES AND LITERATURE REVIEW .............................................................. 10 3.3 PRIMARY DATA.................................................................................................. 11 3.4 CONSULTATION AND FIELDWORK ............................................................................ 11 3.5 ANALYSIS OF DATA COMPILED BY PARALLEL STUDIES ...................................................... 11 3.6 IMPACT VARIABLES TO BE ASSESSED ........................................................................ 11 3.7 REPORTING ..................................................................................................... 12 3.8 SIGNIFICANCE RATING OF IMPACTS ......................................................................... 12 3.9 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ......................................................................................... 12 4. KEY DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ................................................................ 13 4.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY AREA .............................................................. 13 4.2 MUNICIPAL BACKGROUND ..................................................................................... 14 4.3 POPULATION STATISTICS ...................................................................................... 16 4.4 AGE STRUCTURE................................................................................................ 17 4.5 RACE AND LANGUAGE .......................................................................................... 18 4.6 EDUCATION ..................................................................................................... 18 4.7 EMPLOYMENT STATUS .......................................................................................... 21 4.8 INCOMES ........................................................................................................ 22 4.9 ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE REGION ......................................................................... 22 4.10 INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES .................................................................................. 23 4.11 ROADS .......................................................................................................... 24 4.12 TRANSPORT ..................................................................................................... 25 Passengers .......................................................................................................... 25 Freight ................................................................................................................ 25 4.13 LANDFILL ........................................................................................................ 25 4.14 COMMUNITY FACILITIES ....................................................................................... 26 Educational facilities ............................................................................................. 26 Health facilities .................................................................................................... 26 4.15 HEALTH STATUS ................................................................................................ 26 4.16 TOURISM ........................................................................................................ 26 Noupoort ............................................................................................................. 27 Middelburg .......................................................................................................... 28 4.17 CRIME ........................................................................................................... 28 4.18 DISASTER MANAGEMENT ...................................................................................... 29 2 INDEX (PTY) LTD SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT – PROPOSED COLESKOP WIND ENERGY FACILITY 5. SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS IDENTIFIED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE ... 29 5.1 INFLUX OF JOBSEEKERS AND THE IMPACT OF TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ................. 30 5.2 POPULATION CHANGES ........................................................................................ 33 5.3 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND EMPLOYMENT EQUITY ................................................. 35 5.4 SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING OF WORKERS ........................................... 37 5.5 SKILLS DEVELOPMENT OF SUPPORTING INDUSTRIES / LOCAL SMMES .................................. 38 5.6 LOCAL PROCUREMENT ......................................................................................... 41 5.7 IMPACTS ON THE LOCAL ECONOMY .......................................................................... 42 5.8 DISRUPTION IN DAILY LIVING AND MOVEMENT PATTERNS................................................. 44 5.9 ATTITUDE FORMATION, INTEREST GROUP ACTIVITY, COMMUNITY MOBILISATION ...................... 47 5.10 IMPACTS ON THE UMSOBOMVU AND INXUBA YETHEMBA LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES ...................... 49 5.11 ACCOMMODATION FOR WORKERS ............................................................................ 51 5.12 IMPACTS ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES ............................................................. 52 5.13 HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS FOR WORKERS ................................................................. 53 5.14 COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY ............................................................................ 55 5.15 SECURITY IMPACTS ............................................................................................ 57 5.16 INTRUSION IMPACTS ........................................................................................... 59 6. SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS IDENTIFIED DURING THE OPERATIONAL PHASE ..... 61 6.1 LAND ACQUISITION AND LAND USE .......................................................................... 61 6.2 JOB CREATION .................................................................................................. 62 6.3 SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING ........................................................... 64 6.4 IMPACTS ON THE LOCAL ECONOMY ........................................................................... 66 6.5 IMPACTS ON THE LOCAL COMMUNITY DUE TO COMMUNITY PROJECTS, ED AND SED CONTRIBUTIONS 67 6.6 IMPACTS ON LAND / MARKET VALUES OF FARM PORTIONS INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT ................ 70 6.7 POTENTIAL IMPACT ON RENTAL INCOMES ................................................................... 70 6.8 IMPACTS ON LEISURE AND TOURISM ACTIVITIES AND LOSS OF LAND .................................... 71 6.9 IMPACTS ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES ............................................................. 72 6.10 COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY ............................................................................ 73 6.11 IMPACTS ON THE ‘SENSE OF PLACE’ .......................................................................... 74 6.12 ELECTRICITY SUPPLY AND THE ENVIRONMENT .............................................................. 76 7. SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS IDENTIFIED DURING THE DECOMMISSIONING PHASE77 7.1 JOB CREATION .................................................................................................. 77 7.2 IMPACTS ON LIVING AND MOVEMENT PATTERNS ............................................................ 78 7.3 IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH A CHANGE IN LAND USE ...................................................... 79 7.4 SAFETY AND SECURITY CONCERNS ........................................................................... 79 7.5 INTRUSION IMPACTS ........................................................................................... 80 8. CONCLUSION .............................................................................................. 80 9. SOCIO-ECONOMIC RELATED RECOMMENDATIONS ..........................................