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Basic Assessment for the Eskom Roodepoort Strengthening Project

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Digby Wells Environmental (Digby Wells) has been appointed by Fourth Element to conduct a Heritage Statement for six alternate transmission line routes and three alternate substation sites as part of the Roodepoort Strengthening Project. This Heritage Statement forms part of the Basic Assessment Report (BAR).

ApplicationDate: 

Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 09:33

CaseID: 

903

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CaseReferenceDepartmentApplicationTypeFinalDecision
12/12/20/2308
Department of Environmental Affairs
PDF icon 372 Letter of Notification of EA_final.pdf

Heritage Reports: 

DWE_PBA1076_HerStat
Roodepoort Strengthening HIA

ReferenceList: 

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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Carruthers, V. 2007. The Magaliesberg. Protea Book House: Pretoria.
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Friede, H. & Steel, R., 1985. Iron Age smelting furnaces of the Western/Central Transvaal - Their structure, typology and affinities. The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Volume 40, pp. 45 - 49
Hall, M. 1987. The Changing Past: Farmers, Kings and Traders in Southern Africa 2000 - 1860. David Phillip Publishing: Cape Town
Hilton-Barber, B. & Berger, L. R. 2002. Field Guide to the Cradle of Humankind - Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai & Environs World Heritage Site. Struik Publishers: Cape Town
Huffman, T. N. 2007. Handbook to the Iron Age: The Archaeology of Pre-Colonial Farming Societies in Southern Africa. University of KwaZulu-Natal Press: Cape Town
Mason, R. J. 1988. Kruger Cave: Late Stone Age, Magaliesberg. Occasional Paper No. 17. Archaeological Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand: Johannesburg.
Mitchell, P. 2002. The Archaeology of Southern Africa. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge
Coetzee, F. P. 2008. Cultural Heritage Survey of the Proposed Residential Development of Phase 2 of Cosmo City, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Huffman, T. N. 2007. Driefontein: Heritage Impact Assessment. Archaeological Resourcess Management.
Van der Walt, J. 2006. Proposed Wildlife Residential Estate on the Farm Doornrandje 386JR, Gauteng Province. Doornrandje Heritage Assessment.
Van der Walt, J. 2008. Archaeological Impact Assessment on Portion 315 and Remaining Extend Portion 29 of Farm Rietfontein 189IQ, Muldersdrift, Gauteng Province. Report prepared for Eco Assessments Environmental Consultants
David, N. 2012. Nicholas David - Ethnoarchaeologist. Date Accessed 8 August 2012. (http://homepages.ucalgary.ca/~ndavid/Homepage)
AdditionalDocuments
  1. PDF icon PBA1076_Final comment response.pdf
  2. PDF icon PBA1076_Preferred_Transmission_Line_Route_Amendment_20130301.pdf
  3. PDF icon Roodepoort Strengthening 400 kv CAA Assessment Report.pdf
  4. File FOU2608_HIA_Project area.kml

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Digby Wells Environmental
8 years 10 months ago

Please see attached the letter of notification of an amendment to the Environmental Authorisation for the Roodepoort Strengthening Project, and the letter of amendment from the DEA.

PDF icon 372 Letter of Notification of EA_Amendment-Jun2015.pdf, PDF icon Roodepoort Strengthening-Amended Authorisation-June2015.pdf
 

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