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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA)<br />
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS: AVAILABILITY OF DRAFT SCOPING REPORT<br />
DEA&DP EIA Application Ref. No: E12/2/4/2-F4/16-3024/11<br />
WCDM Atmospheric Emissions License Ref. No.: 12/3/1/11 (WC/WC/010)<br />
DEA Waste Management License Ref. No.: 12/9/11/L639/9<br />
Project Description and Location:<br />
Afrisam proposes to construct a cement plant, limestone and clay quarries and associated infrastructure in the Saldanha<br />
area, Western Cape. The approximate locations of the proposed project components are indicated below:<br />
• The construction of a cement plant located at Saldanha (near the ore loading terminal, adjacent to Saldanha Steel),<br />
which consists of a grinding and packing facility, and a clinker manufacturing plant;<br />
• Limestone and clay quarries parallel to the coast between Saldanha and Portion 2 (Portion of Portion 1) of the farm<br />
Trekkossenkraal 104;<br />
• The construction of a transport corridor (road or conveyor) to transport limestone and clay from the proposed<br />
quarries to the proposed cement plant; and<br />
• The establishment of two conservation areas to the north of the limestone quarries.<br />
Application has been made for the following activities listed in terms of the following laws:<br />
• National <strong>Environmental</strong> Management Act (Act No. 107 of 1998) (as amended): Activities 9, 11, 12, 13, 18,<br />
19, 20, 22, 23 and 56 in Listing Notice 1 (GN R.544 of 2010); Activities 5, 10, 15, and 26 in Listing Notice 2<br />
(GN R.545 of 2010); and Activities 4, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 19 in Listing Notice 3 (GN R.546 of 2010).<br />
• National <strong>Environmental</strong> Management: Air Quality Act (Act No. 39 of 2004): Category 5 (Mineral processing,<br />
storage and handling): Subcategory 5.3: Cement production (using conventional fuels and raw materials) in<br />
terms of GN 248 of 2010.<br />
• National <strong>Environmental</strong> Management: Waste Act (Act No. 59 of 2008): Activities 1, 2, 7, and 18 of GN 718 of<br />
2009.<br />
Availability of the Draft Scoping Report:<br />
Copies of the Draft Scoping Report (DSR) will be lodged at the Saldanha Bay, Diazville, Langebaan and Vredenburg Public<br />
Libraries as well as the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality for review and comment from Friday, 16 March 2012 to Wednesday,<br />
25 April 2012. The report will also be available for download from <strong>Aurecon</strong>’s website (http://www.aurecongroup.com- indicate<br />
“Current Location” as South Africa and then click on the “Public Participation” link, then Proposed Construction of the<br />
Afrisam Cement Plant, Limestone and Clay Quarries and Associated Infrastructure in Saldanha, Western Cape).<br />
Invitation to attend Public Meetings/ Open House Session:<br />
You are invited to attend a Public Meeting and/ or the Open House Session where the findings of the DSR will be summarized,<br />
and attendees will be provided with an opportunity to ask questions and raise issues or concerns on the findings of the report.<br />
DATE TYPE OF MEETING TIME<br />
10 April 2012<br />
11 April 2012<br />
PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE SESSION (posters and one-on-one<br />
discussions will be held with the project team members) & PUBLIC<br />
MEETING (a formal presentation will be given by the project team,<br />
followed by a facilitated question and answer session).<br />
Language: English/Afrikaans<br />
Protea Hotel, Saldanha Bay<br />
PUBLIC MEETING (a formal presentation will be given by the project<br />
team, followed by a facilitated question and answer session).<br />
Language: Afrikaans<br />
Diazville Civic Centre, Saldanha Bay<br />
16h00 to 18h00 (Open<br />
House), and<br />
18h00 to 20h00<br />
(Public Meeting)<br />
17h30 to 19h00<br />
12 April 2012<br />
PUBLIC MEETING (a formal presentation will be given by the project<br />
team, followed by a facilitated question and answer session).<br />
Language: Xhosa<br />
Middelpos Hall, Saldanha Bay<br />
17h30 to 19h00<br />
Should you wish to register as an Interested and/or Affected Party or comment on the proposed project or report contact <strong>Aurecon</strong><br />
by email, fax or post: Attention: Nelis Bezuidenhout, <strong>Aurecon</strong>, P. O. Box 494, Cape Town, 8000; Tel: (021) 526 6031; Fax: (021)<br />
526 9500 or Email: nelis.bezuidenhout@aurecongroup.com on/ before Wednesday, 25 April 2012.
OMGEWINGSINVLOEDBEPALING (OIB)<br />
PROSES VAN OPENBARE DEELN<strong>AME</strong>: BESKIKBAARHEID VAN KONSEP<br />
OMVANGBEPALINGSVERSLAG<br />
DOS&OB OIB-Aansoek-Verwysings nr.: E12/2/4/2-F4/16-3024/11<br />
WKDM-Atmosferiese Vrystellingslisensie-Verwysings nr.: 12/3/1/11 (WC/WC/010)<br />
DOS-Afvalbestuurslisensie-Verwysings nr.: 12/9/11/L639/9<br />
Projek Beskrywing en Ligging<br />
Afrisam beoog die bou van ʼn sementfabriek, kalksteen- en kleigroewe en verwante infrastruktuur in die Saldanhagebied, Wes-<br />
Kaap. Die benaderende ligging van die voorgestelde projek aspekte word hieronder beskryf:<br />
• Die konstruksie van ‘n sementaanleg by Saldanha (naby die terminus waar erts gelaai word, langs Saldanha Staal),<br />
wat sal bestaan uit beide ʼn maal- en verpakkingsaanleg, asook ʼn aanleg vir die vervaardiging van klinker;<br />
• Kalksteen- en kleigroewe parallel met die kus tussen Saldanha en Gedeelte 2 (Gedeelte van Gedeelte 1) van die plaas<br />
Trekkossenkraal 104;<br />
• Die konstruksie van ‘n vervoerkorridor (pad of vervoerband) om kalksteen van die beoogde groewe na die voorgestelde<br />
sement te vervoer; en<br />
• Die vestiging van twee bewaringsgebiede Noord van die beoogde kalksteen groewe.<br />
Die voorgestelde projek het die volgende gelyste aktiwiteite ingevolge die onderstaande wette tot gevolg:<br />
• Wet op Nasionale Omgewings Bestuur (WNOB) (Wet Nr. 107 van 1998) (soos gewysig): Aktiwiteite 9, 11, 12,<br />
13, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23 en 56 in Kennisgewingslys 1 (GK R.544 van 2010); Aktiwiteite 5, 10, 15, en 26 in<br />
Kennisgewingslys 2 (GK R.545 van 2010); en Aktiwiteite 4, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16 en 19 in Kennisgewingslys<br />
(GK R.546 van 2010).<br />
• WNOB:Lug Kwaliteit (Wet Nr. 39 van 2004): Gelyste Aktiwiteit Kategorie 5 (Verwerking, berging en hantering van<br />
grondstowwe): Subkategorie 5.3: Sementvervaardiging (deur gebruik te maak van konvensionele brandstowwe en<br />
rou materiale) ingevolge GK 248 van 2010.<br />
• WNOB: Afval Bestuur (Wet Nr. 59 van 2008): Aktiwiteit 1, 2, 7, en 18 van GK 718 van 2009.<br />
Beskikbaarheid van die Konsep Omvangbepalingsverslag:<br />
Kopieë van die Konsep Omvangbepalingsverslag (KOBV) sal beskikbaar gestel word by die Saldanhabaai, Diazville, Langebaan en<br />
Vredenburg Openbare Biblioteke asook by die Saldanhabaai Plaaslike Munisipaliteit vir oorsig en kommentaar lewering vanaf<br />
Vrydag, 16 Maart 2012 tot Woensag 25 April 2012. Die verslag is ook beskikbaar om af te laai vanaf <strong>Aurecon</strong> se webtuiste<br />
(http://www.aurecongroup.com - dui “Current Location” as “Sout Africa” aan en kliek op “Public Participation” en kliek dan op<br />
“Proposed construction of the Afrisam Cement Plant and associated infrastructure”).<br />
Uitnodiging om die Openbare Vergaderings/ Opedag Sessies by te woon:<br />
U word uitgenooi om die Openbare Vergadering en/of Ope-dag sessie by te woon wanneer die bevindings van die KOBV opgesom<br />
sal word, en bywoners ‘n geleentheid gebied sal word om vrae te vra en/ of kwessies aan te spreek oor die bevindinge van die<br />
verslag.<br />
DATUM TIPE VERGADERING TYD<br />
10 April 2012<br />
11 April 2012<br />
12 April 2012<br />
OPEDAG SESSIE (plakkate en een-tot-een gesprekke sal gehou word met die<br />
projekspan) & OPENBARE VERGADERING (‘n Formele voorlegging sal<br />
voorgedra word deur die projekspan, gevolg deur ‘n gefasiliteerde vrae en<br />
antwoorde sessie).<br />
Taal: Engels/Afrikaans<br />
Protea hotel, Saldanhabaai<br />
OPENBARE VERGADERING (‘n Formele voorlegging sal voorgedra word<br />
deur die projekspan, gevolg deur ‘n gefasiliteerde vrae en antwoorde sessie).<br />
Taal: Afrikaans<br />
Diazville Burger Sentrum, Saldanhabaai<br />
OPENBARE VERGADERING (‘n Formele voorlegging sal voorgedra word<br />
deur die projekspan, gevolg deur ‘n gefasiliteerde vrae en antwoorde sessie).<br />
Taal: Xhosa<br />
Middelpos Saal, Saldanhabaai<br />
16h00 to 18h00 (Ope<br />
Sessie), &<br />
18h00 to 20h00 (Openbare<br />
Vergadering)<br />
17h30 to 19h00<br />
17h30 to 19h00<br />
Indien u wil registreer as ‘n Belanghebbende en/of Geaffekteerde Party (B&GP) of kommentaar wil lewer op die beoogde projek of<br />
verslag, kontak <strong>Aurecon</strong> d.m.v. epos, faks of pos: Vir Aandag: Nelis Bezuidenhout, <strong>Aurecon</strong> Posbus 494, Kaapstad, 8000; Tel: (021)<br />
526 6031; Faks: (021) 526 9500 of Epos: nelis.bezuidenhout@aurecongroup.com op/voor Woensdag, 25 April 2012.
Weslander 17 November 2011<br />
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FOTO: VERSKAF<br />
35
CAPE TIMES TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2011<br />
‘Pharmaceutical firms use Indians as guinea pigs in thousands of trials’<br />
Andrew Buncombe<br />
and Nina Lakhani<br />
The Independent<br />
LONDON: Western pharmaceutical<br />
companies have seized<br />
on India over the past five years<br />
as a testing ground for drugs.<br />
Since restrictions on drug<br />
trials were relaxed in 2005, the<br />
industry in India has swollen to<br />
the point where today more<br />
than 150 000 people are involved<br />
in at least 1 600 clinical trials,<br />
conducted on behalf of British,<br />
CLOSER CO-OPERATION<br />
Parties<br />
entertain<br />
Cope’s<br />
talks plan<br />
Shanti Aboobaker<br />
Political Bureau<br />
OPPOSITION parties have<br />
cautiously come out in support<br />
of Cope leader Mosiuoa<br />
Lekota’s invitation to attend a<br />
round-table discussion on<br />
closer co-operation between<br />
them.<br />
The discussion, for which<br />
most parties have confirmed<br />
their attendance, is due to take<br />
place in Cape Town later this<br />
month.<br />
But while there is agreement<br />
from opposition parties<br />
that the government and the<br />
ruling party are in crisis,<br />
many said yesterday that an<br />
alliance was not on the cards<br />
because of the disparate political<br />
philosophies they held.<br />
Lekota said he had<br />
approached IFP leader Mangosuthu<br />
Buthelezi first, and then<br />
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa.<br />
It is understood Lekota and<br />
Buthelezi have been in extensive<br />
discussions recently.<br />
Lekota said he had<br />
approached DA leader Helen<br />
Zille but that “at no stage did<br />
we focus on the DA in<br />
particular”.<br />
DA federal chairman<br />
James Selfe said: “We’ll certainly<br />
attend and listen carefully<br />
to what is on the table,<br />
but we will attend with a<br />
degree of scepticism.<br />
“I don’t think all the opposition<br />
parties have much in<br />
common, except that they’re<br />
opposition parties.<br />
“There are fundamentally<br />
different political philosophies,”<br />
Selfe said.<br />
“The reality is, in South<br />
Africa (political co-operation)<br />
is necessary and overdue, but<br />
it is counter-productive to<br />
Barbara Maregele<br />
FORMER President FW de<br />
Klerk has questioned why<br />
racial classification was still<br />
needed for Census 2011.<br />
This after he needed to be<br />
enumerated on the last day of<br />
the census at his office in the<br />
Zeezicht Building in Tygerberg,<br />
yesterday.<br />
Wearing his bright yellow<br />
census suit, Statistician-General<br />
Pali Lehohla called a<br />
media conference where De<br />
Klerk confirmed that he had<br />
been counted.<br />
“I was overseas during<br />
the main days of the enumeration,<br />
but forms were left for<br />
me with a number I could<br />
call once I got back,” he said.<br />
De Klerk said: “The information<br />
gathered shouldn’t be<br />
misused to reinstitute race<br />
in South Africa. The time<br />
has arrived for us put aside<br />
race and work together irrespective<br />
of your race or<br />
colour. We should not put<br />
people in boxes. There is a<br />
place for racial classifications,<br />
I’m not suggesting that<br />
we should ignore the reality<br />
of race in our country<br />
either.”<br />
He pointed out that unlike<br />
‘At least 1 730<br />
people died<br />
during or after<br />
such trials’<br />
US and European firms including<br />
AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and<br />
Merck. There may be more.<br />
Some estimates suggest the<br />
start with the opposition<br />
rather than discussions over<br />
what values we’d like to see in<br />
the South African government<br />
… to see if these philosophies,<br />
values are shared by everyone,<br />
including the governing party<br />
He cautioned against speculation<br />
on what form “co-operation”<br />
would take, saying only<br />
that the DA would “go and listen”<br />
to what Lekota had to say.<br />
“But I am not sure about<br />
coalescing with the Freedom<br />
Front Plus (FF+) and Azapo.<br />
This thing has got to be valuesdriven.<br />
We have got to stand<br />
for something, not against<br />
something.”<br />
Zille confirmed that she<br />
had spoken to Lekota last<br />
week to discuss the meeting<br />
later this month of opposition<br />
parties but there had been no<br />
overtures made by Cope to<br />
merge with the DA in the same<br />
vein as the ID had.<br />
ACDP leader Kenneth<br />
Meshoe said their policies<br />
were too disparate for a coalition<br />
with Cope. “It does not<br />
mean parties (that) stand<br />
alone cannot chip away at the<br />
ANC’s support base.”<br />
The FF+ confirmed its<br />
attendance at the discussion<br />
but said a coalition would be<br />
“complicated” with the proportional<br />
representation system.<br />
“We are open to discuss<br />
what’s best for South Africa,<br />
and how we get the most to<br />
vote against the ANC,” said<br />
FF+ leader Pieter Mulder.<br />
Moloto Mothapo, ANC parliamentary<br />
caucus spokesman,<br />
said: “They (Cope) have been<br />
gravitating towards the DA since<br />
their formation, and therefore<br />
this talk of (a) united opposition<br />
is a lame excuse to jump into bed<br />
with their masters (DA).”<br />
fully transformed states,<br />
South Africa needed to<br />
improve the quality of delivery<br />
to everyone. “The census<br />
is important, especially as a<br />
country in transformation.<br />
How else would we measure<br />
if things like backlogs have<br />
grown or decreased or if<br />
inequality is growing or<br />
decreasing and to fulfil promises<br />
and expectations that<br />
were put in place when we<br />
started as a democratic state<br />
in 1994.<br />
industry may be worth as<br />
much as £189 million (R2.4 billion).<br />
Between 2007 and 2010, at<br />
least 1 730 people died in India<br />
while, or after, participating in<br />
such trials. Many of those people,<br />
often only eligible for the<br />
studies because they were ill,<br />
might have died anyway.<br />
Campaigners say the industry<br />
is wide open to other<br />
abuses. While there is no doubt<br />
many crucial trials are carried<br />
out according to the appropriate<br />
guidelines, activists say a<br />
FW queries census race question<br />
YOU COUNT: Former President FW de Klerk shares a light<br />
moment at his Tygerberg office with Statistician-General Pali<br />
Lehohla after he was enumerated. Picture: ROSS JANSEN<br />
HORSE-TRADING: President Jacob Zuma is welcomed to the Al-Mushrif Palace by Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)<br />
and ruler of Abu Dhabi. President Zuma, who is on a state visit to the UAE, has asked the UAE to review its ban on the import of South African horses and meat produce.<br />
The UAE suspended direct imports of horses from South Africa after the outbreak of African Horse Sickness in 2004 and since then all exports had to be routed via<br />
the EU or Mauritius, which increased costs by about 150 percent and made South African horses less competitive. The Middle East was South Africa’s biggest<br />
trading partner for horse exports.<br />
Controversial Secrecy Bill to be put to vote next week<br />
THE Protection of State Information<br />
Bill will finally be put<br />
to the vote in the National<br />
Assembly next Wednesday<br />
after a further delay of a week,<br />
ANC MP Luwellyn Landers<br />
confirmed yesterday.<br />
Amid widespread confusion<br />
about the process, Landers<br />
said the hour-long debate<br />
on the state secrecy legislation<br />
would proceed as scheduled<br />
tomorrow.<br />
But following this, the ad<br />
hoc committee that drafted the<br />
bill will then be reconvened to<br />
consider a technical issue and<br />
a set of new proposals, both<br />
raised by IFP MP Mario Oriani-Ambrosini.<br />
“Apparently he demanded<br />
that legally the ad hoc committee<br />
must approve minutes,”<br />
Landers said.<br />
“We thought that since<br />
there is already talk of a Constitutional<br />
Court challenge, it<br />
“Looking at the costs<br />
involved in the general census<br />
the 10-year period is sufficient,<br />
but I do think there<br />
are so many trends that may<br />
influence politics.”<br />
Lehohla said the census<br />
was a good reflection of how<br />
South Africa really functioned.<br />
He said plans were<br />
under way to compile the full<br />
results of the census which<br />
was expected to be released to<br />
the public by November 2012.<br />
barbara.maregele@inl.co.za<br />
lack of oversight has led to<br />
numerous situations where<br />
poor, sometimes illiterate individuals<br />
are used in the trials<br />
without giving proper<br />
informed consent – that is,<br />
without fully understanding<br />
what they are signing up for.<br />
Among some of the incidents<br />
confirmed by an investigation<br />
by The Independent<br />
were:<br />
● The recruitment of hundreds<br />
of tribal girls without<br />
parental consent for an immu-<br />
‘If they played<br />
by the rules,<br />
there should be<br />
no debate’<br />
is better to err on the side of<br />
safety.”<br />
The committee is expected<br />
to meet on Thursday, and further<br />
sessions could be scheduled<br />
depending on how much<br />
time is needed to consider Oriani-Ambrosini’s<br />
proposed<br />
amendments, which number<br />
more than 100.<br />
Oriani-Ambrosini said the<br />
ANC’s decision to proceed<br />
with the debate before the<br />
committee sits was not correct<br />
in terms of parliamentary<br />
rules. “If they played by the<br />
JOHANNESBURG: Nationalisation<br />
must be taken forward,<br />
the National Union of<br />
Mineworkers (NUM) has<br />
said.<br />
“Clearly the status quo<br />
cannot be maintained. The<br />
people and economy must<br />
benefit from the minerals in<br />
our motherland,” NUM general<br />
secretary Frans Baleni<br />
said after a meeting of the<br />
union’s national executive<br />
committee in Johannesburg<br />
yesterday.<br />
The union was hoping for<br />
a positive outcome from<br />
research being done by the<br />
ANC on nationalising mines,<br />
he said.<br />
The union’s executive<br />
committee had discussed<br />
what he termed “the triple<br />
evil”. These were unemployment,<br />
inequality, and<br />
poverty.<br />
Corruption, which often<br />
went together with the<br />
“triple evil”, did not occur<br />
only in government. It was<br />
also present among trade<br />
unions, he said.<br />
“Corruption has engulfed<br />
our society.”<br />
Baleni called on the ANC<br />
nisation study sponsored by<br />
the Bill and Melinda Gates<br />
Foundation. Several girls died.<br />
The study was halted.<br />
● The use by drug companies<br />
of survivors of the world’s<br />
worst poisonous gas disaster in<br />
Bhopal as “guinea pigs” in at<br />
least 11 trials without proper<br />
informed consent.<br />
● The completion by doctors<br />
at a government hospital<br />
in Indore of dozens of private<br />
trials that a police investigation<br />
found “violated the ethical<br />
rules, there should be no<br />
debate.”<br />
His proposals and recent<br />
comments by Deputy President<br />
Kgalema Motlanthe<br />
notwithstanding, the bill is<br />
expected to be put to the vote<br />
next week in the same form in<br />
which it was approved by the<br />
committee in early September.<br />
Motlanthe last week told<br />
reporters that there could perhaps<br />
be a “meeting point”<br />
between the media and the<br />
ANC on the contentious issue<br />
of a public interest defence.<br />
Noting firm threats of a<br />
constitutional challenge, he<br />
also promised that the ANC<br />
would not use its majority<br />
muscle to “ram” contestable<br />
legislation through Parliament.<br />
But well-placed sources<br />
in the ruling party have since<br />
explained that Motlanthe was<br />
not mooting the inclusion of a<br />
conventional public interest<br />
Mines must benefit<br />
the people, says NUM<br />
and trade unions to compel<br />
members to declare any<br />
business interests, saying<br />
this would reassure those<br />
bidding for tenders.<br />
Those in decision-making<br />
positions should declare<br />
their interests and leave<br />
these posts when it became<br />
clear that a deal would benefit<br />
members of their<br />
families, Baleni said.<br />
The union was also concerned<br />
about people who<br />
were misleading the working<br />
class by claiming to be one of<br />
them, when it was evident<br />
from their lifestyles that this<br />
was not so.<br />
Asked about the suspension<br />
of ANC Youth League<br />
leader Julius Malema,<br />
Baleni said the ANC should<br />
be seen to be leading.<br />
“We fully respect the<br />
ANC in enforcing internal<br />
discipline. We accept the outcome<br />
of the internal disciplinary<br />
committee.<br />
“No one should be<br />
allowed to pronounce on<br />
policies that have not been<br />
debated internally.<br />
“No one must feel he is<br />
above the ANC.” – Sapa<br />
guidelines”. The doctors who<br />
conducted the trials decided<br />
that not one of 81 cases in<br />
which a participant suffered<br />
an adverse effect was linked to<br />
the treatment. New trials were<br />
stopped. A whistle-blower was<br />
fired.<br />
Earlier this year India’s<br />
Health Minister, Ghulam Nabi<br />
Azad, told parliament that 10<br />
foreign drug companies had<br />
made payments to the relatives<br />
of 22 individuals who had died<br />
during or following trials in<br />
defence in the bill.<br />
Such a provision would<br />
allow those prosecuted for publishing<br />
classified information<br />
– a crime punishable with up<br />
to 25 years in prison – to<br />
argue that they had done so for<br />
the greater good.<br />
Instead, he was referring to<br />
the possibility of approaching<br />
a court with classified information,<br />
and arguing that it<br />
was in the public interest to<br />
allow publication.<br />
This option already exists<br />
in the current version of the<br />
bill.<br />
The ANC suggests however<br />
that the bill could still undergo<br />
changes when it comes before<br />
the National Council of<br />
Provinces next year.<br />
This would add another<br />
turn to the already troubled<br />
passage of the legislation<br />
which has arguably garnered<br />
more opposition than any post-<br />
2010. The payments came to an<br />
average of £3 000 for each individual.<br />
The companies that<br />
made the compensation payments<br />
were Pfizer, PPD, Bristol-<br />
Myers Squibb, Amgen, Bayer,<br />
Eli Lilly, Quintiles, Merck<br />
KGaA, Sanofi-Aventis and<br />
Wyeth, which is now part of<br />
Pfizer. Most of the companies<br />
declined to provide details of<br />
the compensation.<br />
Drug companies insist they<br />
always adhere to regulations.<br />
The Association of the British<br />
apartheid law.<br />
Critics, including Cosatu,<br />
say it places too much power<br />
in the hands of the security<br />
agencies, sacrifices transparency<br />
and media freedom<br />
for excessive state secrecy<br />
and fails to protect whistleblowers.<br />
The bill was originally set<br />
down for debate in late September<br />
but withdrawn from<br />
the parliamentary programme<br />
by the ANC to allow for further<br />
consultation.<br />
The Democratic Alliance<br />
said last week the ruling<br />
party’s attempts at consultation<br />
turned out to be a farce,<br />
and had only reached five<br />
provinces.<br />
But the office of the ANC<br />
chief whip said the party<br />
could still hold public meetings<br />
on the bill once it had<br />
been sent to the National<br />
Council of Provinces. – Sapa<br />
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA)<br />
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS: PROJECT INITIATION PHASE<br />
DEA&DP EIA Application Ref. No: E12/2/4/2-F4/16-3024/11<br />
WCDM Atmospheric Emissions License Ref. No.: 12/3/1/11 (WC/WC/010)<br />
DEA Waste Management License Ref. No.: 12/9/11/L639/9<br />
NEWS<br />
Greater<br />
clarity on<br />
FDI ‘in<br />
next year’<br />
Project Description and Location:<br />
Afrisam proposes to construct a cement plant, limestone and clay quarries and associated infrastructure in the Saldanha area, Western Cape.<br />
The approximate locations of the proposed project components are indicated below.<br />
• The construction of a cement plant located at Saldanha (near the ore loading terminal, adjacent to Saldanha Steel), which consists of a<br />
grinding and packing facility, and a clinker manufacturing plant;<br />
• Limestone and clay quarries parallel to the coast between Saldanha and Portion 2 (Portion of Portion 1) of the farm Trekkossenkraal 104;<br />
• The construction of a transport corridor (road or conveyor) to transport limestone and clay from the proposed quarries to the proposed<br />
cement plant; and<br />
• The establishment of two conservation areas.<br />
The proposed project triggers several listed activities and notice is hereby given in terms of the:<br />
• National <strong>Environmental</strong> Management Act (No. 107 of 1998) (NEMA) <strong>Environmental</strong> Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations (as amended);<br />
• National <strong>Environmental</strong> Management: Air Quality Act (No. 39 of 2004) (NEM: AQA) and<br />
• National <strong>Environmental</strong> Management: Waste Act (No. 59 of 2008) (NEM: WA)<br />
The following applications have therefore been submitted to the competent authorities, namely:<br />
• EIA application to the Department of <strong>Environmental</strong> Affairs and Development Planning (DEA&DP);<br />
• Atmospheric Emission License (AEL) application to the West Coast District Municipality (WCDM) and<br />
• Waste Management License (WML) application to the National Department of <strong>Environmental</strong> Affairs (DEA).<br />
AfriSam (Pty) Ltd is required to undertake the necessary authorisation processes prior to construction of the proposed project. <strong>Aurecon</strong> South<br />
Africa has been appointed to undertake the required regulatory processes. A Background Information Document (BID) is available on request<br />
or can be downloaded from the <strong>Aurecon</strong> website http://www.aurecongroup.com (click on South Africa, Public Participation links and<br />
then “Proposed construction of the Afrisam Cement Plant and associated infrastructure”).<br />
Interested & Affected Parties (I&APs) are required to notify <strong>Aurecon</strong> in writing should they wish to register as an I&AP for the proposed project.<br />
I&APs have 30 days in which to register and/ or comment on the proposed project Please submit your name, contact information and<br />
comments on/ before 14 December 2011 for attention: Nelis Bezuidenhout or Mel Pillay, <strong>Aurecon</strong>, P. O. Box 494, Cape Town, 8000;<br />
Tel: (021) 526 6031; Fax: (021) 526 9500 or Email: Nelis.Bezuidenhout@aurecongroup.com or Mel.Pillay@aurecongroup.com<br />
The proposed project triggers the following activities listed in terms of the following laws:<br />
• NEMA (Act No. 107 of 1998) (as amended): Activities 9, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23 and 56 in Listing Notice 1 (GN R.544 of 2010); Activities<br />
5, 10, 15, and 26 in Listing Notice 2 (GN R.545 of 2010); and Activities 4, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 19 in Listing Notice 3 (GN R.546 of 2010).<br />
• NEM:AQA (Act No. 39 of 2004): Category 5 (Mineral processing, storage and handling): Subcategory 5.3: Cement production (using<br />
conventional fuels and raw materials) in terms of GN 248 of 2010.<br />
• NEM:WA (Act No. 59 of 2008): Activities 1, 2, 7, and 18 of GN 718 of 2009.<br />
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Pharmaceutical Industry said:<br />
“In order for a pharmaceutical<br />
company to gain a licence in<br />
the UK for a newly developed<br />
medicine, the clinical trials,<br />
wherever they took place, are<br />
subject to a high level of<br />
scrutiny by the UK regulatory<br />
authorities. It would be of no<br />
benefit to companies to conduct<br />
clinical trials that were not of<br />
the required standard, as any<br />
medicine would not gain a<br />
licence and not be made available<br />
to patients.”<br />
JOHANNESBURG: There<br />
will be more certainty about<br />
foreign direct investment in<br />
South Africa within the next<br />
year, Finance Minister Pravin<br />
Gordhan said yesterday.<br />
“Within the next year, we’ll<br />
have a very clear legal<br />
framework within which FDI<br />
(foreign direct investment)<br />
can operate,” the minister<br />
told Business Unity SA’s<br />
annual general meeting in<br />
Johannesburg.<br />
This would “give foreign<br />
investors a clear and<br />
consistent picture within<br />
which to work”.<br />
Gordhan made his<br />
comment in light of confusion<br />
created by the government’s<br />
response to United States<br />
giant Walmart’s R16.5 billion<br />
acquisition of a controlling<br />
stake in local retailer<br />
Massmart.<br />
Although he did not want<br />
to comment specifically on<br />
the Walmart matter, which is<br />
before the Competition<br />
Appeal Court, he said some of<br />
the issues raised by the deal<br />
were correct.<br />
These included the<br />
government’s wish to<br />
promote procurement and<br />
small businesses, and to<br />
prevent job losses.<br />
The National Treasury<br />
had released a discussion<br />
document on guidelines for<br />
FDI, titled “A review<br />
framework for cross-border<br />
direct investment into South<br />
Africa”.<br />
Within the next year to 18<br />
months, a clear policy<br />
document on FDI would be<br />
available. This would “clearly<br />
identify what we see as<br />
strategic industries where a<br />
particular set of rules apply”<br />
and other industries in which<br />
government had no strategic<br />
interests.<br />
In those areas where the<br />
government had strategic<br />
interests, “there will be clear<br />
and transparent and<br />
consistent rules in terms of<br />
which we would work as a<br />
country and which we would<br />
expect investors to<br />
understand before they come<br />
into South Africa as well”.<br />
“Walmart now takes place<br />
within that context”, Gordhan<br />
said. – Sapa<br />
See Business Report