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What is the situation/progress with the proposed hotels in Kruger?

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iNdlovu wrote:@ Gerhard.
Could you give us an update as to where the whole process is on this issue at the moment. I beleive there is still a few hurdles that have to be overcome by SanParks if they want to continue.
Gerhard wrote:Good morning dear friends.
Despite what is published, the hotels in the KNP have not received the go-ahead.
I had a discussion with Karen Botes of ILA a fortnight ago and I was told that the Final Scoping Report is still with the DEA. The EIA will be done after this.
I had an interview with RSG which was broadcast on 16 August over the Monitor programme, my bit was followed by a spokesperson of maybe Parliament who clearly stated that although they in principle are not against the hotels, the venture has not received the go-ahead.
I was invited to attend a meeting at Skukuza scheduled for 25 July 2011 with the PSC, unfortunately the invite was withdrawn.
This was followed up by a request from me for a meeting with the PSC (Parliamentary Standing Committee) for preferably 27 July, or any other suitable date, receipt of this has not yet been received. I sent a follow up request during last week of which receipt had not been acknowledged.
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Jumbo wrote:Gerhard, does the people of ILA know anything about the site being moved 2km away from the river? If this is true, surely they would have to compile a new scopping report….new site….different impact on the environment. :?
Gehard wrote:I have also heard the rumour, there is even one mentioning that the Hotel is being moved to Berg & Dal.
I have tried to contact ILA about this, unfortunately the ladies on this project are not available, one just walked into a meeting and the other not available, however I left a message on the cellphone requesting to return my call.
My info is that the Final Scoping Report is concerned, it was done for the Timfenhene site and not for Berg & Dal, therefore the whole process should be started from afresh.
If the Timfenhene site is rejected at least the Pels Fishing Owl, the Swazi Lilies and the sodic pans are spared - however that still does not change my attitude towards hotels not having a place in the Kruger National Park.
Please if the placement of the hotel has been altered - do not change your stance!
I will keep this thread informed about the feedback requested.
joekin wrote:
Dont worry i will keep up my opposition to the hotels as long as they plan on building them inside the Kruger.

I believe everyone on this forum feels the same. we are all here for that reason
guest wrote:The very latest:

I have just had a discussion with ILA, the company doing the Environmental assessments for the Malelane Safari Resort in the KNP.
I was told that the final scoping report was referred back to the applicant by the DEA for revision.
This means that the report has to be revised and then made available to all affected persons/bodies/organizations.
This in effect means that the whole process is to be repeated.
There are rumours that the hotel site is moved to elsewhere - 2 km from the Crocodile River or the Berg & Dal Rest Camp both in the KNP, this was raised by me and the reply was that ILA have not been notified about this.
My plea now is to everyone who really cares about the KNP and is against the conversion of the KNP into a holiday resort and who has not yet regsiterd with ILA as an affected person/party/institutioon please register with ILA whose contact details are below.

Claudia Coetzee

Environmental Manager

ILA

P.O. Box 74648, Lynnwood Ridge, 0040
410 Pauline Spruijt Street, Garsfontein, Pretoria

Tel: +27 12 348 1922
Cell: +27 82 652 5848
Fax: +27 12 348 7154
Mail: claudia@ilaweb.co.za
Web: www.ilaweb.co.za

I will keep this thread updated with any further ccurrences.
Guest wrote:Please read this media Statement by DEA:

MEDIA STATEMENT 14 AUGUST 2011

NO DECISION ON KRUGER PARK HOTEL ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION AS YET

The Department of Environmental Affairs would like to categorically state that the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process for the proposed four star Safari Hotel development near the Malelane Gate in the Kruger National Park has not been finalised. Therefore, no decision regarding the EIA application has been made yet, despite recent misleading media reports.

Certain media have willfully misinterpreted or selectively quoted the statements made by the Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi. Deputy Minister Mabudafhasi recently indicated that the Department was in principle not opposed to hotels in national parks on condition that the necessary environmental processes were followed.

This essentially means that the proposed Safari Hotel development in the Kruger National Park will be subjected to an EIA process in terms of the EIA Regulations promulgated under the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA). The outcome of the EIA process will determine whether final authorisation is granted by the Department.

The EIA is a pro-active and systematic process where potential environmental impacts, both positive and negative, associated with listed activities promulgated in terms of sections 24 (2) and 24D, respectively, of NEMA are assessed. The process advises decision makers regarding the desirability of such activities in a specific receiving environment and about which conditions the activity should be subject to, where relevant. The EIA also entails a public participation process to ensure that interested and affected parties are consulted during the process.

The application for the construction of the proposed Safari Hotel development near the Malelane Gate in the Kruger National Park is currently in the Scoping Phase of the EIA process.

The DEA subscribes to and is bound by the principles in NEMA and is committed to its mission to create a prosperous and equitable society that lives in harmony with our environment.

For media queries contact Albi Modise on 083 490 2871

ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ON 14 AUGUST 2011


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Sprocky wrote:Now that sounds better to me. \O
iNdlovu wrote:Oh yes, seems like SanParks are not going to be able to blind side everyone on this one.
lowveldboy wrote:Well at least here is a small piece - the 1st since this whole saga started. I suspect someone at the goverment level just was using this to put it clear they are in charge of Sanparks. JMHO
Lisbeth wrote:And they have written "Hotel" twice, not "Lodge" :lol:

Those are all facts, nothing to do with truth or not truth and Sanparks can certainly not contradict this one :twisted:
gmlsmit wrote:Here below are some questions and answers from Parliament Hansard:

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
(For written reply)
QUESTION NO. 1162
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 11 NW1285E
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 15 April 2011
Mr N J J van R Koornhof (Cope) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs:
(1) Whether a rest camp in the Kruger National Park is regarded as a cost centre if it is run at an
operating profit; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether she will provide a list a list of the camps that are not making an operating profit; if not, why
not; if so, what are the relevant details
(3) whether the subsidy for the park is sufficent to run the park in a sustainable manner as a heritage site
for future generations; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Mr N J J van R Koornhof (Cope)
SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENT
HANSARD
PAPERS OFFICE
PRESSNATIONAL ASSEMBLY QUESTION 1162 NW1285E
1162. THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ANSWERS:
(1) Yes. SANParks operates a system of cost centres in hierarchy and relevant to the line management
structure of the park. A camp therefore has a range of cost centres that when added up comprise the
total income and expenditure account for that camp. For example, Filling Station, Game Drives,
Accommodation, Shop, Restaurant would all have separate accounts (cost centres), but consolidate
to reflect total operating surplus or deficit for that camp.
(2) No. Currently all camps show an operating surplus.
(3) No, it’s not enough. SANParks gets a conservation grant from government and the funds are spent
on other parks’ conservation operations. Kruger National Park is able to produce enough income to
cover its operating cost and it also supports the shortfalls in other parks.
gmlsmit wrote:Sorry if the chronolgy is a bit messed up.


Here below is an extract from Hansard after I had been in contact with Mr Gareth Morgan about the hotel:

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 25 February 2011
Mr G R Morgan (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs:
(1) With reference to her reply to question 589 on 23 March 2010, what is the current status of this project;
(2) whether there have been any changes to the composition of the winning consortium (name furnished); if not, how was this conclusion reached; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) whether any entities that make up this consortium have taken legal action against the consortium; if not, how was this conclusion reached; if so, what are the relevant details;
(4) whether all the entities that make up this consortium are capable of providing equity to the project; if not, how was this conclusion reached; if so, what are the relevant details;
(5) whether the adjudication panel that awarded the tender conducted the required due diligence on all the bids before deciding on the winning bid; if not, what steps will be taken to rectify the situation; if so, how was this conclusion reached?
Mr G R Morgan (DA)
SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENT
HANSARD
PAPERS OFFICE
PRESSNATIONAL ASSEMBLY QUESTION 478 NW520E
478. THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ANSWERS:
1. The project is well underway with 100% of the funding approved for the development. The Environmental Impact Assessment is in process and scheduled for finalization in October 2011 whereafter construction of the hotel will commence.
2. The Secprop Leisure Consortium has undergone certain changes since the awarding of the tender.
Wright, Simgos and Cradle are co-shareholders in a previous and very similar project, which required the fulfilment of similar obligations. The three parties have decided not to continue this business association into further projects and hence Simgos (per correspondence dated July 3,
2010) and Cradle (per correspondence dated November 5, 2010) voluntarily and of their own accord, withdrew from the SLC partnership.
In terms of the requirements of the PPP Agreement, the rights have been ceded to a Special Purpose Company (SPV), Malelane Safari Resort Investments (Pty.) Ltd., the shareholding of which is anticipated to be:
• 20% Community Trust
• 10% Siyazi Management Consultants CC (sole member, Mr. Senzo Tsabedze, a BEE businessman resident in Mbombela)
• 20% RHW Joint Venture Ltd. (South African subsidiary of Rezidor – owned 74% by Rezidor Hotel Group of Brussels and 26% by Mvelaphanda Holdings Ltd., a major BEE Company, listed on the JSE).
• 20% Afriliance Management Ltd. – an offshore financing company with offices in Washington DC, Dubai and Johannesburg
• 30% Secprop 118 Investments (Pty.) Ltd. – the promoters of the project, owned by Peter
and Michael Wright
• The shareholding within the SPV will be finalized mid March 2011 for approval by SANParks

3. Based on the question raised, SANParks followed it up with the Consortium representative who stated that no action had been instituted against the Consortium by Cradle or any other party.
4. Approval for 100% of the finance has been received from Afriliance Management Ltd. The documentation is in the process of being drawn up and the representatives of the financiers will be returning to South Africa for signature of the documentation. In addition, the Industrial Development Corporation in conjunction with the National Empowerment Fund have been approached and have agreed in principle to provide funding for the BEE component of the project ownership. This aspect
can only be advanced once the overseas funding arrangements have been concluded.
The SPV receives a loan based on the feasibility of the project (Financiers require an acceptable Debt: Equity ratio). The SPV is legally protected from any other claims. The 100% loan implies good project financing.
Further, the project is well underway and construction is due to commence on conclusion of the Environmental Impact Assessment process which is expected to be finalised in October 2011.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY QUESTION 478 NW520E
Based on the above and the credentials of the consortium, SANParks is of the opinion that the winning consortium is in good health
5. Yes, the required due diligence was undertaken by the adjudication panel that adjudicated the bids on 25 November 2009.
The due diligence and adjudication extensively reviewed the following submissions of the bidding companies:
• Qualification Criteria relating to the financial strength and tourism experience of the bidder;
• Business and Operational Plans;
• Development and Environmental Plans;
• Capital and Finance Plans;
• Risk Transfer; and
• BBBEE plans.
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gmlsmit wrote:During my discussion with ILA, I raised the rumour about the moving of the planned hotel site to either 2 or 4 kms away or to to Berg & Dal and was told that they had not been told of any such movement.
Bert Toxopeus wrote:Hi every-one,

Thank you for the chance to air our frustrations with SANParks!! We are all here because we care, deeply , and we are concerned. Very concerned. Thank you to every member for your contribution. We need a strong movement against the further commercialisation of Kruger. It is to sacred and special to be plunderd.
iNdlovu wrote:Welcome Bert, glad you have joined us on this forum. We aim to give all the information available to the general public via this forum, only in that way will they be able to draw accurate conclusions. Unfortunatly Sanparks doesn't play open cards at all.
Lisbeth wrote:I have just received this:


"Dear Stakeholder

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT [EIA] PROCESS: PROPOSED RADISSON BLU SAFARI RESORT, MALELANE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK

Please note that Interdesign Landscape Architects (Pty) Ltd will not proceed with the Environmental Impact Assessment Process for the above project from here on.

All further queries regarding the EIA Process must please be directed to the Applicant, Mr Peter Wright. Mr Wright’s contact details are as follows:

Peter Wright
Cell number: 082 922 3263
Email: plwright@iafrica.com

Kind regards

Claudia Coetzee
Environmental Manager


P.o. Box 74648, Lynnwood Ridge, 0040
410 Pauline Spruijt Street, Garsfontein, Pretoria

Tel: +27 12 348 1922
Cell: +27 82 652 5848
Fax: +27 12 348 7154
Mail: claudia@ilaweb.co.za
Web: http://www.ilaweb.co.za"
joekin wrote:did ILA opt out due to maybe realizing that they'd do more bad by giving a possible go ahead, or were they dropped by SANP, so they can have a guarenteed result
Lisbeth wrote:I am expecting an answer from somebody who knows! I haven't got the faintest idea.


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gmlsmit wrote:Here is the latest:

My attitude is as explained to the Beeld correspondent is that our campaign is/was not against ILA it is against hotels and the commercialization of our parks by SANPARKS, this will continue until the hotel ideas are scrapped and the Commercialization process is to our satisfaction.
I have also requested the PSC to have the Commercialization plans of SANPARKS be reviewed and that public participation be part of the process.
I will notify all when I have been told the road forward.
I will be away until Monday morning, having a get together with some old Military friends.
Regards
Gerhard

----- Original Message -----
From: Claudia
To: 'Gerhard'
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 1:39 PM
Subject: RE: Notification: EIA Process Proposed Radisson Blu Safari Resort, Malelane KNP


Dear Gerhard



As I understand the process will continue but handled by another consultancy. It would be best to contact Mr Wright regarding the agreed way forward with other consultants.



Kind regards



Claudia Coetzee

Environmental Manager




P.o. Box 74648, Lynnwood Ridge, 0040
410 Pauline Spruijt Street, Garsfontein, Pretoria

Tel: +27 12 348 1922
Cell: +27 82 652 5848
Fax: +27 12 348 7154
Mail: claudia@ilaweb.co.za
Web: www.ilaweb.co.za

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Sent: 26 August 2011 01:33 PM
To: claudia@ilaweb.co.za
Subject: Re: Notification: EIA Process Proposed Radisson Blu Safari Resort, Malelane KNP



Dear Claudia.

Thanks for your email.

What does this mean apart from ILA not being further involved?

Will all the submitted to ILA documentation, about the Malelane hotel now be handed to Mr P Wright or do we have to restart the process of objection.

Thanks to both you and Karen for the decent way in which you handled this controversial plan.

Kind Regards

Gerhard


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Richprins wrote:This is very big news, IMO, and media will enjoy!

Gerhard, will you send on to Pretoria News?

The bigger media will pick up fast, I think!
Sprocky wrote:Something new going on here!! Hidden agenda if you ask me! :evil:
Lisbeth wrote:It does not sound like a normal procedure :?
Richprins wrote:I wonder what Gerhard is going to do with his military friends!? :shock:

Where's that "praying" icon when you need it! :lol:
Lisbeth wrote:I had it removed! Prayers are not realistic :lol:
Lisbeth wrote:Translated by Google:

Construction of hotel park is delayed
2011-08-26 22:31
Product Tempelhoff
The construction of the proposed hotel near Malelane camp in the Kruger National Park, will be delayed by about six months.

This is after the company doing the environmental assesment investigation was fired.

Mr. Peter Wright, the Malelane Safari Resort Consortium (MSA) has confirmed that Interdesign Landscape Architects (ILA) was fired and soon a "new, strong team" will be hired to do the environmental assesment.

Wright said the building was delayed by "about a month" and will probably now only begin in April next year. Beeld reported earlier that Wright wanted construction of the luxury hotel in Malelane camp to begin in October of this year.

Mr. Gerhard Smith, convener of AIKONA, the community organization that was founded to oppose all hotel developments in the Kruger National Park, has said when asked, Wright and SANParks would now attempt to get the development through with "a stronger fist".

"We were never opposed to ILA. We are opposed to the hotels and SANParks commercialization of the park. "

Wright said the development has attracted attention and that the environmental impact study should be performed with the greatest expertise and responsibility.

Ms. Claudia Coetzee, environmental manager of ILA, notified the stakeholders yesterday by e-mail to say that they would not be continuing with the EIA. She could not provide reasons why the ILA was fired.

Wright said all ILA's reports will be accepted by the new consultants. Beeld has heard that ILA's environmental impact report apparently has been recently returned by the department of environmental affairs "with various questions" still to be answered.

Wright confirmed this, saying "it often happens that the department has questions." The questions will now be answered by the "new experts'.

Aikona and several other community members are dissatisfied because SANParks decided to build the hotel in March 2009. The contracts were awarded in December last year.

Smith and Dr. S Joubert, former head of the park, said SANParks is only the custodian of the park and that they cannot "unilaterally" decide to build hotels in the park.
iNdlovu wrote:Here we go, SanParks trying to railroad the thing through. I wonder which new EAA company will be hired and if any backhands will be dolled out. It looks like we need to step up our campaign a bit
Richprins wrote:Typical reaction...reactive instead of proactive...
iNdlovu wrote:i have edited the translation above
Guest wrote:I Have just received the following from ILA:


Dear Stakeholder

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT [EIA] PROCESS: PROPOSED RADISSON BLU SAFARI RESORT, MALELANE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK

Following several enquires regarding the discontinuation of ILA’s services received from Interested & Affected Parties we wish to state the following.

Please note that ILA was requested to not continue with the EIA Process and informed that it would be dealt with by another Consultancy. This was following several discussions between ILA and the Applicant regarding specialist input required, the way forward as well as remuneration required as per the EIA Legislation for finalisation of the EIA Process, during which an agreement could not be reached between the two parties.


All further queries pertaining to the EIA Process including document requests must please be addressed to Mr Peter Wright.

Cell number: 082 922 3263

Email: plwright@iafrica.com


Kind regards

Claudia Coetzee

Environmental Manager


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gmlsmit wrote:This is the latest:

The emails are self explanatory.

This below was sent out this morning:

Dear friends.
This is the latest regarding the EIA process.
It appears to me that all is taken over by the consultants, however I would suggest that If you have registered with ILA please confirm that V&L Landscap[e Architects have your detyails.
If it is still your intention to register, do so with V&L.
Kind regards
Gerhard

----- Original Message -----
From: PL Wright
To: 'Gerhard Smit'
Cc: Michael Wright ; Dereck Milburn ; Peter Velcich
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 8:02 AM
Subject: RE: Malelane Sarari Resort


Dear Gerhard,

Many thanks for your interest in the project.

We have appointed V & L Landscape Architects of Pretoria to proceed with the EIA. They will be taking over all information from ILA. There is no need for you to re-register with V & L.

I have forwarded this e-mail to Peter Velcich and Dereck Milburn, who will be contacting you in due course.

Yours sincerely,

Pete Wright

Managing Director
Secprop Leisure
Tel/Fax: +27 11 463 9849
Cell: +27 82 922 3263
Email: pete@secpropleisure.co.za
Web: www.secpropleisure.co.za

From: Gerhard Smit [mailto:gmlsmit@telkomsa.net]
Sent: 01 September 2011 11:34 AM
To: Peter Wright
Subject: Malelane Sarari Resort

Dear Mr Wright.

I have been informed by ILA that they are no longer involved in the EIA prcocess for the Malelane Safari Resort.

I am registered with ILA as an affected person.

I will appreciate it if you could inform me who will now be handling the EIA process for the MSR.

Also will the new institution be taking over what had been submitted to ILA, if not is it then required of the registered affected parties to resubmit their documentation.

Have any deadlines been set for the registering/submissions to the new Institution.

Your kind cooperation in this matter will be appreciated.

Yours sincereky.

Gerhard Smit

016 428 3497

082 079 4779.


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gmlsmit wrote:And then followed it up with the following email:

Dear Mr. Milburn.
I have been informed by Mr. P Wright, that V&L Landscape Architects have been appointed to handle the EIA process for the Malelane Safari Resort.
I have registered with ILA as an affected party.
I would appreciate it if you could confirm the way forward as far as the process is concerned and also of any deadlines/time frames.
Your assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Yours sincerely.
Gerhard Smit
016 428 3497
082 079 4779


I will keep you informed :)
gmlsmit wrote:A bit about V&L Landscape Architects:

History:

The practice history dates back to 1975 when Willem van Riet returned from the USA after studying under the world renowned Ian McHarg at the University of Pennsylvania. He subsequently introduced the idea of harnessing the power of nature to the science of ecological planning and landscape architecture. In 1982 he was joined by Johan Louw and together they developed a unique planning process, resulting in the implementation of highly successful landscape and environmental projects, many of which are today considered pioneering in the field of Landscape Architecture. WILLEM VAN RIET LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS CC was established in September 1987 and changed its name to VAN RIET & LOUW LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS CC in January 1995. Peter Velcich became a director in 1997 after joining the practice as a landscape architect in 1989. Professor Willem van Riet retired from the firm in January 1998. The company was again renamed in 2005 and now operates as V&L Landscape Architects.

The current Directors of the firm are:
Johan Le Roux Louw
L Arch. MILASA
&
Peter Gerard Velcich
ML (Pret) MILASA

The team:

Johan Louw
Johan Louw (Pr LArch, MILASA); joined in 1981 and is involved in the identification of untapped resources and the conceptualisation & planning of developments through sound ecological planning and a diversity of activities & facilities.

Peter Velcich
Peter Velcich (BL (Pret.) ML (Pret) MILASA joined the firm in 1989 and specialises in the field of Environmental planning including: Environmental Impacts assessments, Management Programme Reports, and Environmental Management Plans.


Rodney Brown
Rodney Brown (BL Pret, MUD Wits [incomplete], L Arch, MILASA); joined the firm in 1989 and specializes in Integrated Development Planning, Landscape Design and Implementation and Environmental Management.

Ingrid van Staden
Ingrid van Staden (BA Pret) joined the firm in 1988 and heads the Administrative Department.

Johalize Koch
Johalize Koch (BL Pret) joined the firm in 1998 and specializes in Master Planning, Landscape Design, Construction Drawing, Contract Administration and Implementation.

Amanda van der Westhuizen
Amanda van der Westhuizen (BL Pret) joined the firm in 1996 and specializes in Environmental Planning, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Management and Landscape Design.

Colin Hope
Colin Hope joined the firm in 1985 and specialises in Plant Design,

Dereck Milburn
Dereck Milburn (N.Dip Ecotourism Management) joined the firm in 2010 and specializes in Tourism Planning, Environmental Management and Environmental Impact Assessment.

Nyaladzi Nleya
Nyaladzi Nleya, (BSc) (Hons) Applied Environmental Science joined the firm in mid 2007.

Craig Gebhardt
Craig Gebhardt (BSc Hons Environmental Science) joined the firm in 2006 and specializes in Tourism Planning, Environmental Management and Environmental Impact Assessment. He heads up the Nelspruit office.

Roxanne Smith
Roxanne Smith, (BSc LArch) joined the company in 2009 and specialises in landscape design, eco-tourism development projects, recreational design and land use planning, and graphic presentation.

Steve Henwood
Steve Henwood (Nat Dip Nature Conservation) joined the firm in 2008 and specialises in Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Reporting and GIS.

V&L state that their expertise lies in:

Environmental planning is an holistic approach to planning whereby all aspects of the environment are studied and measured against the development requirement. This process enables planners and developers to clearly understand the opportunities and constraints of a site, and often guides the development towards an ecologically sustainable, economically viable and aesthetically acceptable development alternative. Common examples of such work are game parks and resource areas, eco-tourism ventures, recreation and conservation.
Richprins wrote:This some of the latest more intelligent Presss opinion I could find: Business Day 18 Aug 2011:

JACOB DLAMINI: Humans overlooked in Kruger Park’s history
‘Kruger was spared a reckoning with its past by administrative fiat and not the just settlement of claims’

PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma has an uncanny way of appearing in some of the most momentous episodes in the history of the Kruger National Park. On September 4 2001, a fire broke out near Pretoriuskop, in the southwestern section of the park.

The fire killed 23 people, most of them seasonal thatch-cutters drawn from the villages adjacent to the park. It was the worst human disaster in the history of the park.

The government responded to the tragedy by appointing a commission of inquiry on December 21 2001 to look into the causes of the fire, the park’s fire policy and the employment conditions of the park’s temporary staff.

The man who signed the relevant notice in the Government Gazette? Zuma, who was acting president at the time.

The commission, chaired by the senior magistrate of Nelspruit, DD Ngobeni, took four years to carry out its investigation.

In its first and final report, presented to the government on September 2 2005, the commission said it could not say who started the fire.

"The only conclusive deduction to be made from the facts is that it was caused by mankind. Although it has not been possible to pinpoint the person responsible."

When I interviewed survivors of the disaster in 2009, of them none had seen a copy of the report.

They did not even know that the Ngobeni commission had finished its work.

A fire ecologist at Skukuza, the park’s administrative hub and main rest camp, had also not seen the report when I spoke to her in 2008 and did not even know it existed.

To be fair to Zuma, he had nothing to do with the distribution of the report.

Still, he was a player — albeit a marginal one — in the Kruger National Park’s worst human disaster.

The second time Zuma appeared in a drama connected to the Kruger Park, he was definitely not marginal.

When Zuma became president in May 2009, about half of the Kruger Park’s 2- million-hectare land surface was the subject of land claims involving 20 claimant communities. Five months later, in October 2009, his Cabinet announced that it had decided "not to restore the park to the claimant communities because it is both a national asset and an international icon".

I say "announced", but what Zuma and his Cabinet did in fact was to whisper their decision. The announcement was made so quietly that very few realise to this day that the Kruger Park was spared a reckoning with its unfortunate past by administrative fiat and not the just settlement of claims.

Zuma, the man of the people par excellence, would not let justice run its course when it came to the Kruger Park’s land claims. The park was too productive a cash cow to carve up and parcel out to peasants. What’s more, this cash cow yielded more foreign exchange annually than pretty much all of SA’s national parks put together.

Then came the most recent announcement by Zuma’s Cabinet that the government was in principle not opposed to the erection of a luxury hotel near Malelane Gate, in the southern section of the park.

The only thing that stands in the way of the hotel is an environmental impact assessment. The park is finding it difficult to compete for high-end tourists with the boutique and exclusive hotels that have sprouted outside the park. An exclusive hotel inside the park would at least give the park a competitive advantage it does not enjoy at present.

Zuma has no personal or political investment in which way the Kruger Park goes, as far as I know.

I don’t even know if the man has ever visited the park. For all I know, he might share Julius Nyerere’s famous observation about national parks. The former Tanzanian president is reported to have said that he could not understand why anyone would travel halfway around the world to stare at a crocodile basking in the sun in the wild. But, Nyerere said, there were many westerners who wanted to do just that and, what’s more, they were prepared to pay for the indulgence. Nyerere would not deny them that.

But the Kruger Park is not just a cash cow. It is one of the most special places in SA. There is no place like it. It also has what scholar Lynn Meskell calls a "peopled past", as well as one of the richest archaeological records in southern Africa. There were people in what is today the Kruger Park before the park was there. The challenge, it seems to me, is to acknowledge this history, give justice where justice is due and treat the park’s neighbours like just that: neighbours.

The truth is that Kruger is part of a complex social and political ecosystem in which human beings are key. This ecosystem includes the poor, whose villages and labour remain largely invisible to the park — not just the rich for whom a luxury hotel, if it came to pass, would be a primary attraction.
gmlsmit wrote:I had a telephone discussion with V&L this morning.

Amongst others it was mentioned that V&L have been preparing for the venture.
They will commence with the matters raised on 15 October 2011.
The EIA is expected to be completed by end March early April 2012.
Once ready all registered stakeholders will be notified.
A follow up meeting will be held once the EIA is ready for discussion, the discussed EIA will then be forwarded to the DEA.
I requested a copy of thew commented Scoping Report, I have now received it, as it is confidential, I will scrutinize it carefully and release the info therein at an opportune time.
I also made it clear that by ignoring AIKONA will not reduce our efforts, it will just increase our frustration, e.g. the matter in which the Parliamentary SC is handling the situation.
Mr. Milburn assured me that communication will be forthcoming from V&L.
In the meantime please register if you have not and keep up the pressure, and thanks for your support.
Regards.
Gerhard.


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Re: What is the situation/progress with the proposed hotels?

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gmlsmit wrote: The EIA is expected to be completed by end March early April 2012.
More or less when the hotels were supposed to be finished! They must have been really worried about the outcome of the EIA from the ILA, if they have opted for such a delay of their plans, giving the EIA to V&L.
Sprocky wrote:
Review Park strategy, say MPs
2011-10-27 23:33

Author Tempelhoff.

The department of environmental affairs said that that the commercialization/financial policy of SANParks should be reconsidered and while doing so decide whether it is really in the interest of conservation.

This is one of the recommendations made by the portfolio committee on environmental affairs on Tuesday in its annual review for the department.

The commercialization of SANParks, especially the Kruger National Park (by the proposed construction of hotels), during the last ten months known. Members of nongovernmental organizations, wildlife and environmental organizations and WESSA and the AIKONA group is in revolt because the Kruger National Park as a milk cow used to sustain other National Parks.

The committee, chaired by Adv. Johnny de Lange, recommended that the SANParks financial strategy, drawn more than 11 years ago and approved by parliament be reviewed.

The portfolio committee also recommended that the budget of the iSimangaliso Wetland area, World Heritage Status be increased due to the potential of the reserve. "It could develop into iconic status equal to that of the Kruger”, the Government grant to this Park was R44, 5 million during the previous year..

Mr. Gareth Morgan, Democratic Alliance spokesperson on environmental affairs, said it was high time that the department determine whether its commercialization strategy for SANParks was correct. Protected areas can not be financially self sufficient. He is concerned about the national treasury cuts of the annual grants to SANParks. Conservation Authorities should not be expected to be self sufficient he ended by saying "I really hope the department of environmental affairs to take this proposal seriously."

The portfolio committee mentioned its concern about the South African Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), which is in a survival battle due to a lack of funds. SANBI with a budget deficit of R25 million is finding it near impossible to pay its creditors.

The portfolio committee has requested the department to intervene and try to save SANBI. Me. Edna Molewa, Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, last week in response to a parliamentary question, said that conservation in South Africa in 2009 has a funding shortfall amounting to R3, 4 billion..
Richprins wrote:Last Week's WESSA meeting at White River as promised...same old same old...except that all Kruger's Top Guns were there.... :shock: :lol:



WESSA goes for open discussion

White River Post reports on a discussion hosted by WESSA Lowveld on proposed hotels in KNP.

03 November 2011 | Mariana Balt

"Please trust the management of the Kruger National Park (KNP) with its future".

That was the plea of Mr Abe Sibiya, managing executive of the KNP to the accusation of his predecessor, Dr Salomon Joubert, who believes that the current management of SANParks and the KNP are exceeding the mandate given to them by the National Environmental Management Act (Nema) and the acts regulating the protected areas of South Africa and national conservation.

The accusation was made in the ongoing debate on the proposed development of two hotels in the KNP, one near Malalane Gate and the other next to the Nombolo Mdhluli Conference Centre in Skukuza.

Joubert was the guest speaker at Wessa Lowveld's annual general meeting held at the Barnyard last week and Sibiya, accompanied by Mr William Mabasa (KNP public relations HOD), Dr Freek Venter (KNP head of conservation management) and Dr Sam Ferreira (KNP scientific services), attended the meeting and answered some questions of concerned members.

Joubert gave a lengthy explanation on why he is opposed to the development, arguing that the proposed EIA only covers a small part of what Nema requires, that making money is not one of SANParks' obligations, and complaining that the decision was made without enough consultation and participation from the public. He insinuated that management tried to hide these plans from the public, among others because they declined to meet with him on the issues after he enquired about it.

He concluded that all citizens are legitimate stakeholders in national parks, and that by excluding them from this process, SANParks decline them their rightful interaction. He also feels that SANParks acts contrary to its obligation to conserve the park areas for spiritual, educational, recreational and scientific purposes and feels that they should be stopped. "If they aren't obliged to involve public interaction in this case, what could be the next level of development in the parks?" he challenged.

In reply Sibiya denied that they were exceeding their mandate and defended the decision not to involve the public from the start. "Because of the diversity of the stakeholders, it would have been a very lengthy process and in fact, the EIA covered a lot of all the external factors."

He reiterated that SANParks will comply with the final EIA and only proceed with the hotels if it is approved in full, but that they hope to be able to go through. "No government will ever have conservation as a priority and we must strive to find sustainable development possibilities," he concluded.

In the open discussion that followed, Venter admitted that most of them would prefer to keep the park as pristine as possible, but that they need to cater for the whole range of the tourism market.

This is compelled by the need to survive financially. "The biggest challenge is to develop and differentiate several areas and zones so that it can be utilised by the different segments," he said.

He promised that the public could look forward to more experiences and bush ambience in future despite the fact that some areas (a mere 1-3 per cent of the total KNP) count among the so-called "congested" areas.
Lisbeth wrote:Not a very informative article :( but thank you anyhow \O
Richprins wrote:Ja, the "informative" part is that all Kruger's top 4 staff re. the hotels made the effort to be there, quite unheard of and very significant!
Poplap wrote:Tx for this, RP.



He concluded that all citizens are legitimate stakeholders in national parks, and that by excluding them from this process, SANParks decline them their rightful interaction. He also feels that SANParks acts contrary to its obligation to conserve the park areas for spiritual, educational, recreational and scientific purposes and feels that they should be stopped. "If they aren't obliged to involve public interaction in this case, what could be the next level of development in the parks?" he challenged.

Appreciation to Dr Joubert for continuing the struggle against further commercialisation. \O
Lisbeth wrote:Quantity makes strong :twisted:
Poplap wrote:There might be strength in numbers, but quality rules over quantity. :twisted:
Lisbeth wrote:I would have liked to be there though and be able to pose a few questions to those four gentlemen :twisted:
Richprins wrote:It's a bit complicated.

Mr Mabasa actually is the main role player re. the hotels. Mr Sibiya is trying damage control after seeing the Parliamentary commitee report. Messrs. Venter and Ferreira actually have little say.

None of them are politicians, but have to answer to the "higher ups".
Poplap wrote:
Richprins wrote:It's a bit complicated.

Mr Mabasa actually is the main role player re. the hotels. Mr Sibiya is trying damage control after seeing the Parliamentary commitee report. Messrs. Venter and Ferreira actually have little say.

None of them are politicians, but have to answer to the "higher ups".
:twisted: :twisted: Works like that all over the world. :roll: :? O/
Richprins wrote:A meeting to be attended by V&L (The new EIA company for the hotel/s) , in Jan 2012 in Malelane:



I would like to confirm our attendance at the meeting with Malelane Chamber of Commerce on the 26th January 2011.

We will present a 30 minute presentation which will include the following :

– EIA Process to date;

– Public Participation Process;

– Specialist Assessments;

– Scoping Report Status;

– Major issues/impacts identified;

– Proposed mitigation measures;

– Way Forward.

We will then be happy to take questions and to participate in informal discussions after the meeting.

I would like to thank you for inviting us to the meeting and I look forward to answering any questions which you and your constituents may have regarding the process. I think the informal discussions after the meeting will assist us in engaging with I&AP’s and providing them with answers to any burning questions which they may have.


Knowing that the hotels should actually have been built by now, this would seem to indicate that there is suddenly no rush. ?

Anyway, will give more details later! \O
Richprins wrote:Here are Dereck Milburn's details at V&L, should one wish to register as a "concerned party", which some of us have! \O

Tel: (012) 346 1289

Cell: 082 456 7692

Fax: (012) 346 1292

E-mail: dereck@vrl.co.za
Lisbeth wrote:The last date I read was March 2013 (I think it was march) for the hotels.

Already registered, RP \O
Richprins wrote:The FIRST date was for construction to begin in May this year...if I remember correctly! -O
Lisbeth wrote:Is it a kind of "Africa time"? -O -O
Poplap wrote:The longer they wait, the better it is for our precious fauna and flora. \O \O \O :lol:
Sprocky wrote:I hope that some of the board members of Radison are looking at the photos of the Crocodile River. This could get them to change their minds about investing money in an Hotel on the banks of the river. \O

If SANParks don't listen to us and they don't give a damn about nature, let nature give them this small reminder! \O
Amoli wrote:I share the same feeling......

What I see now is $$$$$$ costs to repair.... remember after 2000 - and it takes a lot of time.
This is a time set back - time to recalculate and re-think the plans Mr. Organizers.
Richprins wrote:Sanparks are HEAVILY insured, against all sorts of things! \O


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Lisbeth wrote: on SPF today
gmlsmit wrote:The Scoping report for the planned Malelane Safari Lodge is planned to be completed by end March 2012.
The EIA is planned for six weeks later.
I have requested for meetings to be held where these two items could be discussed before their submissions to the Dept of Water and Environmental Affairs.
Anyone who needs more details about this can PM me and I will gladly forward the available details.
Lisbeth wrote:
27 March 2012.
Ref: MSR 1.


Progress Malelane Safari Lodge.

I have just been informed that the draft Scoping Report for the Malelane Safari Lodge will be available for discussion as from Thursday 29 March 2012.

Anyone interested in seeing this can log into the V&L website:

http://www.vrl.co.za/

It will then be available for discussion and response until approximately 9 May 2012.

I have also been promised that a meeting with interested parties will be arranged after the comments have been handled.

Thereafter it will be finalized and the final Scoping Report will again be made available to interested parties and only then also forwarded to the Department of Environmental Affairs.

The comments from the DEA will be handled and the Environmental Impact Assessment will be completed and a draft copy will be made available to interested parties, if required a further meeting will be arranged for the finalization of the EIA; prior to submission to the DEA.

After all outstanding matters have been handled, the final EIA will be completed and made available to interested parties and it will be sent to the DEA for scrutiny.

Important dates:

29 March 2012 - the draft Scoping Report available.
9 May 2012 - the closing date for discussion/comments.
Lisbeth wrote:Scoping and EIA: Malelane Hotel, KNP http://www.vrl.co.za/documents/Malelane ... _index.htm


27 March 2012

Dear Stakeholder,

INVITATION TO COMMENT ON THE DRAFT SCOPING REPORT: PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF A HOTEL AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE TIMFENHENI AND CROCODILE RIVERS WITHIN THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK (MALELANE) – MPUMALANGA PROVINCE [DEA REF 12/12/20/610/69]

It gives us great pleasure to inform you that the amended Draft Scoping Report for the abovementioned project is now complete and ready for I&AP review.

Thank you for your interest in this project so far and for registering as an Interested and Affected Party (I&AP). Please be informed that the Draft Scoping Report, compiled in terms of Sections 24 and 24(D) of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No.107 of 1998), as amended, will be made available for review by registered I&AP’s from 29 March – 11 May 2012.

An electronic copy of the report and the Appendices is available on our website (www.vrl.co.za) for viewing from 29 March – 11 May 2012 [Select Notice Board /Malelane Hotel].

A hard copy and 1 electronic copy of the Report is also available for viewing within this time period at the venue as indicated below:

VENUE ADDRESS CONTACT PERSON HOURS

Malelane Public Library Malelane Library, Corner of Park and Rotunda Circle. (Next to the Post Office which is in the middle of Malelane)

1320
Ms Dirkie Bardenhorst Mondays & Tuesday:
08:00 – 16:30

Wednesday:
08:00 – 16:45

Thursday & Friday:
08:00 - 16:30

• Kindly note that this report may not be removed from the above venue. The CD’s may also not be removed from the library but information can be copied from the CD.




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Due to the confusion caused by the previous newspaper advertisements regarding the development components and relevant listed activities being applied for in the Waste Management Licensing and EIA process, V&L would like to provide the following confirmation.

The development components of the project include the following:

– The development of a Safari Resort within the Kruger National Park;
– The re-alignment of the S114 Road within the Kruger National Park;
– The development a Park and Ride Facility within the Kruger National Park;

The final list of activities being applied for approval in the EIA process include the following:

The Environmental Impact Assessment process is regulated by the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations of 2006 Government Notice No’s R385, 386 and 387 of 2006) which is promulgated in terms of the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA), 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998).

The following activities are listed in terms of the Notice R386 of 2006 and would trigger the Basic
Assessment Process:

– Government Notice R 386 Item (1) (a): The generation of electricity where the electricity output is more than 10 megawatts but less than 20 megawatts.

– Government Notice R 386 Item (1) (d): The construction of facilities or infrastructure, including associated structures or infrastructure, for resorts, lodges, hotels or other tourism and hospitality facilities in a protected area contemplated in the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003 (Act No. 57 of 2003)

– Government Notice R 386 Item (1) (k): The bulk transportation of sewerage and water including stormwater in pipelines with (i) an internal diameter of 0,36 metres or more.

– Government Notice R 386 Item (1) (m): Any purpose in the one in ten year floodline of a river or stream or within 32 metres from the bank of a river or stream where the floodline is unknown, excluding purposes associated with existing residential use, but including
i. canals;
ii. channels; iii. bridges; iv. dams; and v. weirs.

– Government Notice R 386 Item (1) (n): The off-stream storage of water, including dams and reservoirs, with a capacity of 50 000 cubic metres or more, unless such storage falls within the ambit of the activity listed in item 6 of Government Notice No R387 of 2006.




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– Government Notice R 386 Item (12): The transformation or removal of indigenous vegetation of 3 hectares or more or of any size where the transformation or removal would occur within a critically endangered ecosystem listed in terms of Section 52 of the National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No 10 of 2004).

– Government Notice R 386 Item (13): The abstraction of groundwater at a volume where any general authorization issued in terms of the National Water Act, 1998 (Act No 36 of 1998) will be exceeded.

– Government Notice R 386 Item (15): The construction of a road that is wider than 4 metres and that has a road reserve wider than 6 metres, excluding roads that fall within the ambit of another listed activity or which are access roads of less than 30 metres long.

The following activities are listed in terms of the Notice R387 of 2006 and would trigger the Scoping and EIA Process:

– Government Notice R 387 Item (2): Any development activity, including associated structures and infrastructure, where the total area of the developed area is, or is intended to be 20 hectares or more.

As the proposed development includes activities listed in terms of both the Basic Assessment and Scoping and EIA Processes, the application is required to follow the more comprehensive Scoping and EIA Process.

The final list of activities being applied for approval in terms of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 include the following:

In terms of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act,2008 (Act No 59 of 2008) the Applicant is also applying to DEA for authorisation of an activity for which a waste management license is required in accordance with Section 20(b) of the National Environmental Management Waste Act, 2008 (Act No 59 of
2008).

– As per GNR 718 of 3 July 2009 Category (B) Item (7) ‘The treatment of effluent, wastewater or sewage with an annual throughput capacity of 15 000 cubic metres or more’.

– As per GNR 718 of 3 July 2009 Category B (11): The Construction of facilities for activities listed in
Category B of this schedule (not in isolation to associated activity)



Kindly submit any comments you may have, in writing on or before Friday 11 May 2012 to:

Dereck Milburn
V&L Landscape Architects

At either of the below contact details:

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Physical Address:

347 Charles Street; Brooklyn;
Pretoria;
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Postal Address:

P.O. Box 36723
Menlo Park
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E-mail Address:

dereck@vrl.co.za

Fax Number:

(012) 346 1292

Your comments will be incorporated in the Final Scoping Report, which will be submitted to the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA).

Note that you are required to disclose any direct business, financial, personal or other interest that you may have in the abovementioned application. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you wish to obtain any further information or assistance.

We look forward to receiving your inputs. Thank you once again for your active participation and inputs. Warmest regards,
Dereck Milburn
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