Case Decision - 189193

Interim Comment
The SAHRA Archaeology, Palaeontology and Meteorites Unit agree with the recommendations made in the Heritage Report submitted to the case.
The recommendations of the Heritage Report referenced above are:
A 30 m buffer zone around both the cemeteries must be strictly adhered to, no damage should occur to the cemeteries during construction of the development.
The location of the Substation should be moved to accommodate the buffer zone of the cemetery.
A 50 m buffer zone around the Later Iron Age Archaeological site should be maintained during construction, thus the location of the power line should be moved to accommodate the buffer zone.
If none of these recommendations can be followed then motivation for mitigation must be submitted and a permit to SAHRA should be applied for.No Palaeontological Impact Assessment (PIA) was submitted to this case. The area lies in a Very High Sensitivity zone (http://www.sahra.org.za/sahris/map/palaeo). The SAHRA APM Unit requires a field based palaeontological survey to be conducted for this proposed development.Please map the development area on the SAHRIS PalaeoSensitivity map; we suggest to upload the KML file under the map in the EDIT tab of the case which will automatically map the file.SAHRA will comment further on this case once the development has been mapped on the SAHRIS PalaeoSensitivity map and a PIA has been submitted for comment.