Heritage Cases

Seritarita Secondary School is located in the Skimming and Leruleng Villages approximately 25 km northwest of the town of Mokopane, Limpopo Province, in the Mogalakwena Local Municipal area. The school has approximately 840 learners and 24 teachers. The school is adjacent to Anglo American Platinum (AAP) Rustenburg Platinum Mines’ Mogalakwena Mine (Mogalakwena Mine), and specifically its South Pit. The open pit is impacting the school due to its close proximity to the opencast operations including increased dust fallout, noise and tremors which poses adverse health and safety risks. Learning at the school as well as the productivity of the mine are impacted by their incompatible co-existence. AAP is planning to relocate both Skimming and Leruleng communities, who are also affected by the mining activities. The relocation of these communities is planned for 2027/2028. As the planned extension of the South Pit (Cut 11) will place Seritarita Secondary School within the regulated blast zone (within 500 m) of the South Pit, AAP is proposing to temporarily relocate the school outside of the blast zone, but still within the Skimming and Leruleng communities. The proposed location for the temporary relocation is approximately 2,5 km west from the school’s current location. The school will be permanently relocated with the overall Skimming and Leruleng Villages relocation planned by AAP.