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SRK Consulting 17The proposed new tailings dam would be situated on the farm Blinkwater (820LR). Severalvillages that seemingly have been abandoned during the 1950’s, occur near the proposedtailings dam. The majority of these villages are associated with individual graves and smallfamily cemeteries (Pistorius, 2002).4 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECT IDENTIFICATION4.1 IntroductionProject issues and IAPs’ concerns identified during the scoping exercise were presented inthe April 2002 Scoping Report. Subsequent to the submission of the Scoping Report, threemeetings were held with representatives from Ga-Tshaba and Sekuruwe villages to shareproject information, elicit concerns and identify specific issues.The concerns raised during the above meetings, together with the project issues identifiedduring the scoping stage, formed the basis for the identification of social aspects and likelyareas of impact described below.4.2 Impact ReceptorsThe identification of project-related social aspects was done taking the following likely areasof impact into consideration: affected population (including livestock and domestic animals),regional and local institutional structures, natural resources/assets, physical infrastructure,social services and facilities, trade/retail services, community development projects, culturalresources and historical sites. A list of receptors and resources is provided in Table 4.2.1.In addition to project location, design parameters have a direct bearing on the magnitude ofsocio-economic and/or environmental impacts. PPRust provided the study team with mapsand drawings indicating surface infrastructure, cemeteries and graves. In some instancesthe planning and design of surface infrastructure placement have not been finalised.BOENG:\347793 Mokgalekwena 2010\7Reports\Draft EIR\SRK website - electronic upload\Appendices\Appendix I3_Socio economicreport\PPRust SIA Final (Rev-1).doc June 2002