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Relocation of 65 graves from Portion 0 of the farm Rietvlei 397JS, near Middelburg, Mpumalanga - Rietvlei Mining

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PGS Heritage has been appointed by Rietvlei Mining (RMC) to affect the relocation of 65 graves located in eight different informal burial grounds and grave areas located on the remainder Portion 0 of the farm Rietvlei 397 JS, near Middelburg, Mpumalanga Province.

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The graves located on this portion of the farm will be affected by the proposed future coal mining activities and the construction of infrastructure for the Rietvlei Mining project. Of the 65 graves 15 graves are unknown, therefore they are classified as being older than 60 years as stated in the National Heritage Resources Act (Act 25 of 1999) and 50 graves are being claimed by the family representatives. Of these 18 graves are younger than 60 years but are located in informal burial grounds, 16 graves are older than 60 years and the date of 16 graves are not know by the family representatives. Mosaic Funeral Group (MFG) will be responsible for the handling and reburial of the exhumed human remains. We have conducted a process of stakeholder engagement to identify the buried individuals and to obtain permission for exhumation and re-interment from the affected families, communities and other bona fide interested and affected parties. This process commenced on Friday, 29 June 2018 with the erection of multilingual (English, isiZulu, Ndebele and Sepedi) site notices at all the cemeteries. Multilingual (English, isiZulu, Ndebele and Sepedi) newspaper notices were published in the Daily Sun on Wednesday 15 August 2018 and Witbank News on Friday 17 August 2018 and Friday 24 August 2018 respectively. Of the sixty-five graves identified fifty has been claimed by the rightful NoK and the necessary documentation were signed by the family representative. The remaining fifteen graves are unknown and will be relocated to a designated area on Portion 0 of the farm Rietvlei 397 JS. The graves are located in the following areas: • RGY02 approximately 34 graves at GPS Coordinates: -25.693750⁰; 29.670433⁰ • RGY03 approximately 3 graves at GPS Coordinates: -25.678383⁰; 29.661017⁰ • RGY04 approximately 2 graves at GPS Coordinates: -25.677483⁰; 29.655767⁰ • RGY05 approximately 7 graves at GPS Coordinates: -25.693317⁰; 29.666683⁰ • RGY06 approximately 12 graves at GPS Coordinates: -25.665563⁰; 29.665650⁰ • RGY07 approximately 3 graves at GPS Coordinates: -25.677282⁰; 29.659747⁰ • RGY08 - approximately 3 graves at GPS Coordinates: -25.693990⁰; 29.669450⁰ • RGY09 - approximately 1 stillborn grave at GPS Coordinates: -25.694590⁰; 29.670580⁰ The graves will be relocated to municipal cemeteries and areas as indicated by the family representative.

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Monday, February 25, 2019 - 11:17

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13504

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Rietvlei Heritage Assessment

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