DRDAR Bankop piggery facility

Habitat Link Consulting (Pty) Ltd has been appointed by the Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR) on behalf of Mr Gideon Zonke to apply for an Integrated Environmental Authorisation (EA), Waste Management Licence (WML) and Water Use License Authorization (WULA) for the abovementioned project. Notice is hereby given in terms of the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) (Act No. 107 of 1998, as amended) of the proposed piggery on Portion 11 of Farm No. 12 Onverwacht (Bankop Farm), Cambria, located within the Kouga Local Municipality of the Eastern Cape province (Figure 1). The property has a total extent of approximately 198 hectares (ha). The Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR) has approved the implementation of the Bankop Piggery project. The farmer is not currently undertaking any pig farming on the property. It is thus the intention of the DRDAR to assist the farmer with the construction of a new piggery by establishing a facility that can accommodate a 20-sow unit (200 pigs of average 60 kg each) within a previously disturbed area of the existing farm.