Heritage Cases

Humphries Boerdery (Pty) Ltd is an established pig farm near Bela-Bela in the Limpopo Province. The farm is located on Portion 50 of the Farm Tweefontein 463 KR. Humphries Boerdery has been operational for more than 22 years. The pig farm currently houses approximately 17 500 pigs in 29 houses. The farm is also equipped with a biodigester used for the treatment of wastewater generated at the piggery. Humphries Boerdery wishes to establish a wean-to-finish site. The development will entail the following: • The development of a wean-to-finish unit where weaner piglets are grown until they are ready for slaughter. These pigs are called baconers. • The construction of seven (7) wean-to-finish platforms. Each platform will have one (1) house and each house will have one (1) room (therefore a total of 7 rooms). Each room houses 810 wean-to-finish pigs. The total capacity within the wean-to-finish rooms is therefore 5 670 baconers. The dimensions of one platform: 12m x 67.5m (810m2) x 7 platforms = 5 670m2. • The total footprint size of all the wean-to-finish platforms is therefore 5 670m2 (0.567ha). • The total development footprint, including the platforms and open spaces between and surrounding the platforms is: 205m x 100m = 20 500m2 (2.05ha). • The construction of an office block that will include a store room and ablution facilities. The office block will have the following dimensions: 5m x 10m (50m2). The following describes the basic process that will be followed to raise the baconer pigs: • Weaner piglets will be delivered to the wean-to-finish unit at three weeks of age. Each fourth week, 810 weaner piglets will be delivered. • Once the pigs are 21-24 weeks old, they will be collected and taken to an abattoir for slaughter.