THT719390199 - Mr SHUDUFHADZO MAGWABENI

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, Limpopo Operating Unit (LOU) intends to construct the power line of the above-mentioned project. The powerline will include new 334.12m MV which will T-off from the existing powerline at pole number MKB58(refer to the Span plan sheet and the Pegging Coordinates for more information) traversing on the Farm of Chibase 213MT which is under the jurisdiction of Thulamela Local Municipality of Vhembe District Municipality of the Limpopo Province.

Environmental Screening of the powerline route was conducted during pegging of the power line route by the Survey team and site verification done by the Environmental Practitioner which led to the generation of the servitude planning documents [Distribution Environmental Screening Document (DESD), Wayleave, Span plan and Pegging coordinates attached for your reference]. Heritage resources such as properly fenced off gave yards according were not observed on site, see 6.3 of the DESD. The project is within the residential that is already disturbed by current land use activities such as the existing roads, existing powerline, agricultural activities and Property boundary fence. Given the observation that the area is already disturbed, Eskom LOU here by notifies SAHRA of the proposed construction of the powerline which is more than 300M in length. However, should any of the heritage resources, including graves or human remains be encountered or discovered during construction, Eskom shall immediately cease construction, inform SAHRA office, other relevant Department and as soon as possible contract a professional archaeologist to inspect the findings and conduct investigation as prescribed by the Act .
Province(s): Limpopo