Heritage Cases

Exemption Application submitted 05/10/2013: The proposed development site has been subject to decades of severe environmental disturbance, including the construction of dense human settlements, ploughing and local infrastructure development. Accordingly, it is requested that Amafa grant an exemption from an HIA for this activity, allowing the project to proceed with no further heritage resource mitigation. *** Hatch Goba (Pty) Ltd has been contracted by iLembe District Municipality to undertake and manage the construction of bulk water supply infrastructure for the Macambini Water Supply Project: Phase 4. The project site is within the Macambini Tribal Authority Area and is located approximately 12.7 km northeast of Mandeni, KwaZulu-Natal. As part of a large-scale water infrastructure development plan for the area (comprising nine phases in total), the iLembe District Municipality propose the construction of the following for Phase 4: • 1.4 km uPVC bulk water gravity main (355 mm diameter). • 2.3 km HDPE bulk water rising main (355 mm diameter). • Brick / reinforced concrete pumpstation. • 0.4 ML Pump storage circular reinforced concrete reservoir. • 5.2 ML Circular reinforced concrete reservoir alongside the existing Makhwinini reservoir. The Macambini Supply area falls within the eNdondakusuka Local Municipality in the Ilembe region, for which Ilembe District Municipality is the Water Services Authority. The Phase 4 bulk watermain is an off-take from the proposed Macambini Water Supply Project Phase 2A bulk pipeline, which runs from the Rocky Ridge Reservoir to the Tugela Mouth. Environmental Authorisation for Phase 2A was received on 9 May 2013 from the KZN Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs, Ref: DC/29/0016/2012, NEAS Ref: KZN/EIA/000070472012. Trench depths are proposed to be a minimum of 1.4m and a maximum of 2m. While the majority of the pipeline will be laid at the 1.4m depth, a 2m depth will be used in certain instances for hydraulic reasons. The approximate area to be cleared for the construction footprint is 11400m2. It is expected that the proposed pipelines will intersect with at least one watercourse, which traverses sugar cane fields and runs toward the P415 road. The construction of this infrastructure may cover 50 m2 or more within 32 m of the watercourse. Additionally, it is likely that some infilling, depositing or excavation of soil, sand, pebbles or rock (more than 5 m3) from the watercourse will be required as part of the intersection of the pipeline route.