Rust construction of a cattle feedlot with capacity for 5 000 cattle.

Maritz Nel Familie Trust is proposing the construction of a cattle feedlot with capacity for 5 000 cattle on the Farm Rust 146, situated in Henneman District within Matjhabeng Local Municipality. The need for a Basic Assessment is triggered by Listing 1; activities 4 and 28 in GN R983 dated 4 December 2014 and amended on 07 April 2017. The total area of the project is 11 300.00 m2 (11.13 ha).
• Earthworks and clearing of vegetation on the site for erection of infrastructure (pens, hallways, road and parking lot).
• The construction of 10 - 12 camps with sizes between 150 m x 80 m to 250 m x 150 m, each with a capacity to hold 150 - 250 head of cattle.
• All camps will have feeding and water troughs.
• A dirt road will run between the two rows of camps, the gate and the parking lot.
• Camps will be constructed using wooden posts and steel cables.
• A barbed wire fence will be used to enclose the site.
One entrance gate will be constructed to give access to the site.

Province(s): Free State