Duiwenhoks news 18 - early 2012 · A medical pun to make you stand up and think: A man rushed into a busy doctor's surgery and shouted, "Doctor! I think I'm shrinking!" The doctor

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Summer early 2012 - Issue 18 editor: [email protected]

EDITORS NOTE:

Geagte Vriende van die Bewarea…….

Welcome to the first edition of the Duiwenhoks Conservancy Newsletter for 2012. It has been some time since a Newsletter of this nature has been compiled and we trust that you will enjoy this edition. The Conservancy is still looking for someone to take ownership of the newsletter for the 2012 – 2013 period. What with the blog now on the conservancy web site, it is probably only necessary to do 2 newsletters a year. Thus the Editorial task is not too onerous. Rob Hill has done a fine job in developing the Duiwenhoks Conservancy web site with assistance from various quarters. He maintains the “blog” on this site and it is well worth a visit to see what interesting postings there have been. The Conservancy web site is developing into a very useful reference source for information on the area.

Those non-permanents who ventured out to Vermaaklikheid over the Christmas – New Year period would have noticed that the Vermaaklikheid Trading Post is closed, as is the restaurant. This is unfortunate as it did provide a service of basic necessities, nothwithstanding a perchance meeting place. It has been reported by the locals that the shop missed out on considerable trade over this period judging by the number of cars that stopped there – only to find it closed. It is a pity that this closure has occurred, however, it is my perception that the level of service and goods offered by the shop had deteriorated over the past year or so. We do hope that someone with business acumen and ‘gees’ will acquire these premises, including the restaurant, and turn them around to be the rural retreat and place of social gathering that they should be. Overpage is Chairman Mike’s important message, please note the request for attendance at the AGM on the Saturday 7

th April 2012 from 10h00 at the Vredesaal. There is much to report on and we do need your support,

ideas and input. Bring a friends and visitors and let’s have a fun time joining our energies to care for the assets of the area. Thank you - Kind regards / Vriendelike Groete Ritchie Morris [email protected] Cell: 0833814560.

IN THIS ISSUE: • Editors message

• Note from the Chair

• Cell C 60 m tower proposed

• Environmental Impact Assessment report

• The Vermaaklikheid Fire….Conrad Hicks

• Fire Protection Agency

• New Councillor – Dr Joan Prins

• Motion camera

• Fishy issues – have you spotted a grunter….?

• Rainfall update

• Membership fees reminder

• A summary of environmental regulations

• Photo gallery

• Romella de Mors….a play for the children

• Membership application and renewal form

A medical pun to make you stand up and think:

A man rushed into a busy doctor's surgery and shouted,

"Doctor! I think I'm shrinking!" The doctor calmly responded,

"Now, settle down. You'll just have to be a little patient."

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Cell C proposes a new 60 metre high tower near Vermaaklikheid

Posted October 23, 2011 by Duiwenhoks Conservancy Blog site

2.1 CADASTRAL MAP – BRAKFONTEIN4. Brakfontein Site photographs3. Google

imagesEnvironmental Assessment and Application

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT AVAILABLE: If anyone would like to view the Environmental Impact Assessment report undertaken for the clearing of land in Vermaaklikheid, it can be obtained from Sharples Environmental on 021 – 552 8777, or their web site www.sescc.net.

MESSAGE from the Chairman…………….Mike Munnik

It is great to have a newsletter again informing members and friends of the activities

of the Duiwenhoks Conservancy – thanks to Ritchie Morris for putting it together. In

addition, we have a well established, popular and easily accessible blog run

magnificently by Rob Hill which enables members to engage in the latest news and

issues affecting the Vermaaklikheid area. If you have not already done so you are

encouraged to visit the blog (http://duiwenhoks.wordpress.com).

On Easter Saturday (7 April) at 10am in the Vredesaal, we will hold the 10th

AGM. We have recently

recommended that members seriously consider joining the Southern Cape Fire Protection Association and

Charl Wade of the SCFPA will address the AGM and answer any questions you may have. The aim is to consider

and develop an integrated fire management plan for the village and surrounding area. So please come and

participate in the discussion on how best to proceed. Finally, we have a new Ward Councillor, Dr Joan Prins,

and we look forward to meeting her and engaging with her on the environmental and community challenges

facing us.

See you at the AGM!

Mike Munnik

22 February 2012

A pun to test your memory: Evidence has been found that William Tell

and his family were avid

bowlers. Unfortunately, all the Swiss League

records were destroyed

in a fire, ...and so we'll never know for

whom the Tells bowled.

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THE VERMAAKLIKHEID FIRE – a personal perspective from Conrad Hicks

Many of you will have seen the scar that was left by the fire that started on the weekend of the 17th

of

December 2011. It started late in the evening of Saturday the 17th

December 2011. On Sunday

morning I went for a run up to the radio mast and was surprised to see the fire damage and that it had

died down of its own accord. The wind direction had been blowing it against the road where the fire

fighters could easily control it.

However the next morning, Sunday 18th

December, the wind direction changed to SE and the fire very

soon grew from a few wisps of smoke to a massive fire and moved across towards the river. This

pattern went on for a few days, the fire dying down at night and then with the day wind starting up

again. Each day the fire protection unit from Stillbaai had to be called, but were unable to be effective

as they had no access to the back of the fire in order to put it out.

Had the respective landowners been responsible and cut their fire breaks on the fence lines and kept

the old access roads open, this fire would have not been the potential threat that it became. Fortunately

the wind direction stayed from a predominately southern direction and the fire was not directly

threatening to houses.

We borrowed the Duiwenhoks Conservancy’s ‘bakkie sakkie’ and had it mounted on our vehicle just

in case the fire came close to houses but there is no way that any effective fire fighting can be done if

property owners do not take the first step of doing the minimum of obligatory maintenance to fire

breaks and keeping the fuel load down on their land by clearing alien vegetation. These requirements

are law and no amount of excuses such as “this is a Holiday property, and we can’t afford it” is going

to wash. If the expenses of being responsible are too much, one must question one’s eligibility of

custodianship of the land. However I suspect it is not the expenses, but more a case of not being

willing to work together to create a management plan.

We now have a situation where there will be an opportunity to keep the burnt land clear of Rooikrans

by pulling the new growth. However this is extremely expensive as there is no financial balancing

from the sale of firewood.

This fire also highlights the effect of disorganized cutting of firewood. Currently, it is done in random

patches and the dry branches left in a disorganized tangle making it not feasible to do an effective

clearing until the new Rooikrans is big enough to make firewood. This takes about 10 years.

Also, it must be mentioned that the fire has caused the loss of a valuable harvests of indigenous

species that would have helped toward funding sustainable alien clearing. Bad news.

Conrad Hicks

Editors Note: Conrad makes an important point about land owners responsibility. In mid February 2012 another fire raged across about 6 farms along the Blombos Road, fanned by a strong south easterly wind. Extensive areas were burnt and fences destroyed. Insurance claims are now being made and these will most likely all be passed back up the burn line to the property owner who started the fire. Land owners must be fully aware of their fire insurance and whether it sits in their policy under the property section or public liability section. This influences greatly what is covered and under which circumstances. The Southern Cape Fire protection Agency is active and we include overpage information in this regard. Serious consideration should be given by land owners to joining the SCFPA.

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1) What is the SCFPA and what is the area of jurisdiction? The Southern Cape Fire Protection Association (SCFPA) established in 2006, is a section 21 Non-Profit Organisation (NPO), which operates in an area bounded by the Swartberg Mountains in the North, the Bloukrans river in the East, and the area West of the Robertson pass to Witsand (The area basically encompasses the entire Eden District Municipality). The SCFPA is managed by an executive committee which is represented by role-players from various forms of land use practice within the Southern Cape namely: farming, organised forestry, conservation, together with various local government departments and parastals. Funds which are generated by the SCFPA through the collection of membership fees and fund raising are used specifically within the SCFPA. The SCFPA is not mandated to contribute any funds towards state institutions. Funds are audited annually by an independent auditor, statements of which are made available to the members. The SCFPA does / is not:

A fire fighting service although assistance at larger fires can be provided

Fulfilling the role of fire brigade services

Receiving any income from the collection of rates levies by municipalities neither does it pay over any funds towards municipalities

Involved in structural fire fighting or related issues

Enforce membership to the organisation. Membership is voluntary other than for state organisations which own land or manage land for which membership is compulsory

2) What are the SCFPA‟‟‟‟s primary objectives? The organisations primary objectives are to (a) empower local communities to become more aware of the risks of fire, (b) capacitate them to act proactively to reduce the hazards and vulnerability of assets, (c) allow them to act as a first response to fire emergencies, (d) initiate integrated fire management in the most cost effective way possible, and (e) ensure that members comply to legislation. In so doing, communities become safer and are more prepared in the event of a fire emergency. Through the creation of an enabling framework and greater awareness, fewer ignitions will result in less spread and easier suppression of veld fires.

3) What is the SCFPA‟‟‟‟s primary goal in the landscape?

The SCFPA‟s primary goal is to establish Fire Management Units (FMU‟s) in priority areas as identified by an Integrated Fire Management Plan. The SCFPA seeks to facilitate the establishment of

FMU‟s, in areas which have been identified according to their fire risk, which are bordered by fire breaks, either natural or man-made, and manage fire in an ecologically sound manner. 4) What are some of the details involved in setting up a FMU?

The setting up of FMU institutional arrangements;

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A risk assessment of hazards, assets and resource levels;

The development of fire management plans. Assimilation of the spatial data in terms of fire breaks and fuel hazard reduction measures which are to be supplied to Eden Risk Department to capture into a central database;

Fire fighting team recruitment, training and equipping;

Awareness and training of residents in terms of fuel reduction (including Invasive Alien Plant control) ; “firescaping”, fire boss, etc

Identification of access and escape routes;

Direct (tangible) benefits of SCFPA membership:

Shared resources between members with regards to fire fighting equipment which results in

Fire Management Unit‟s being better equipped and resulting in a cost saving for individual members.

Firebreaks are not needed on the cadastral boundaries. Realignments can be negotiated

between landowners and exemptions can be applied for by members of the FMU‟s resulting in a more practical and usable firebreak system. This will result in a cost saving for members by not having to prepare firebreaks on all the cadastral boundaries.

Increase in the conservation benefit within the landscape due to the minimization of the number of firebreaks. This will reduce potential accelerated erosion and disturbance to natural veld and forest.

Increased awareness and management of Social, Environmental and Economic risks

Increased coordination in the event of a fire

Reduction of fire related risk by various means eg: fuel load management

Fire management plans compiled for Fire Management Units (FMU‟s)

Members are automatically affiliated to the Western Cape Umbrella FPA which liaise with National, Local Government and parastatal structures

Assistance in the event of extreme fire conditions through the provision of Trained Fire Fighting teams and Management

Training for new members in Basic Veld Fire Fighting

Additional training can be arranged by the SCFPA at a considerably reduced cost

Awareness campaigns are initiated, which include the establishment of a website

Provision of a platform with which to raise issues with local and provincial government structures

Provision of administrative support to FMU‟s thereby reducing costs for units

The SCFPA is the mechanism to gain support from Working on Fire and other government initiatives

Access to international funding if available e.g. GEF and the World Bank

Reduced incidence of fires

Enforcement where necessary in incidences where members and non-members do not comply with legislation

Members adhering to the rules of the SCFPA will automatically comply with legislation

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The “presumption of negligence‟ clause in the National Veld and Forest Fire Act, 101 of 1998

34. (1) If a person who brings civil proceedings proves that he or she suffered loss from a veldfire which— (a) the defendant caused; or

(b) started on or spread from land owned by the defendant,

the defendant is presumed to have been negligent in relation to the veldfire until the contrary is proved, unless the defendant is a member of a fire protection association in the area where the fire occurred.

Indirect (intangible) benefits of SCFPA membership:

The interaction and extension services with different landowners will result in an increase in awareness with regards to the risk of fire and the consequences of uncontrolled fire to both property and infrastructure.

Reduced fire risk due to planning and better response times.

Biodiversity benefits by instituting better fire management practices.

Provision of inputs into government policy and decision making will be achieved through involvement of the executive committee.

For any further information please feel free to contact:

Southern Cape Fire Protection Association Private Bag X12, Knysna, 6570 Tel: 044 302 6900 3rd Floor Demar Centre, Main street, Knysna Fax: 044 382 5461

A MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE DUIWENHOKS CONSERVANCY BLOG

SITE http://duiwenhoks.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/southern-cape-fire-protection-agency-

newsletter/

Charl Wade SCFPA Riversdale Area Manager Cell: 079 485 5320

OR

Paul Gerber Fire Advisor, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Cell: 082 805 5840

A pun dependent on different angles:

There were three Indian squaws. One slept on a deer skin, one slept

on an elk skin, and the third slept on a hippopotamus skin. All three

became pregnant. The first two each had a baby boy. The one who

slept on the hippopotamus skin had twin boys. This just goes to prove

that... the squaw of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws

of the other two hides. (Some of you may need help with this one).

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THE CHICKEN ISSUE

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New councillor – Dr Joan Prins Paul and Bosky Andrew kindly forwarded the following piece of important news:

News for Conservancy letter.

The Conservancy will be pleased to know that Ward 3 of Hessequa Municipality ,into

which Vermaaklikheid falls, has a new DA councillor, Dr Joan Prins who has taken our

local community's needs on board. She has called meetings and supervised the election of a

committee for the school, and others committees to discuss a range of issues brought up at

these meeting. These include housing ,water, essential services, community hall

management, transport, sport and recreation and other issues that are suggested.

She is bringing other councillors to experience the situation first hand to see how they can

help enhance life for Vermaaklikheid's local citizens .A noble gesture. Through her interest

and efforts she is re-invigorating the spirit of self help that found its expression in building

Vredesaal and the village Housing on the Kop, at the beginning of the new SA in 1996 and

2000.

We are so fortunate to have Joan as our Councillor who will help enhance "the

Vermaaklilheid experience" especially for those living there. Another proposed project is

the Southern Cape Land Committee's (SCLC) Kleinboer project which will be asking land

owners to do what Damien Burger and the Andrews are doing, which is entering into an

agreement with a local person or persons to use a potion of land you may allocate for

agricultural purposes. The Land Committee's assistance will now be offered to local people

wanting to join the scheme. They, with the technical assistance of the Dept of Agriculture,

will be working out an implementable water reticulation scheme, allowing the Kleinboere

access to water on a 'waterbeurt' basis. Mr Patrick Sambo of SCLC will be calling meetings

to introduce the scheme to the land owners.

Regards Paul and Bosky

Motion Camera Rob Hill made use of the Bushnell Camera loaned from Cape Nature to capture some visitors to the Vermaaklikheid area over the past Fesrtive season. Here are some pics:

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The Duiwenhoks Conservancy is considering acquiring such a camera that can then be loaned out to members. It would thus be possible to build-up an interesting record of sightings and species in the area.

FISHY ISSUES – HAVE YOU SPOTTED A GRUNTER? river (By Ritchie Morris)

Common Name: Spotted Grunter

Scientific Name: Pomadasys commersonnil

Habitat: Warm waters of estuaries and close to river mouths.

Distribution: Found in the Indian Ocean extending along the

east coast of Africa to Cape Agulhas.

Bait: Caught on sardine (pilchard), or squid, but this fishes

favourite bait is prawn.

Fishing Strategy: This fish will provided a good fight. Mature

species will make a grunting noise when caught and taken out of

the water. Hence the name "Grunter".

Eating Quality: Fine table fish

Tackle: 4kg line, 1/0 ore 2/0 hook

http://www.fishingec.com/?p=2437 The Spotted Grunter commonly known as a Spotty can be found

in shallow coastal waters. They frequently inhabit estuaries and lagoons along the sand and mud

banks. They can reach 80cm but average about 40cm. Their preferred natural diet consists of mud

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prawn, sand prawn, worms and crabs. Normal baits used for catching Spotted Grunter are pilchard but

the best seems to be fresh sand prawn or mud prawn on a drift line setup.

To target Spotted Grunter in rivers on dropshot using light tackle you will need a 6ft to 8ft spinning

rod and reel. Your main braided line should be about 14lb with a light fluorocarbon leader of about

8lb.

Dropshop baits to use are the Berkley 2″ Camo Worm, New Penny Shrimp and also small Jerk Shads

that can mimic a prawn. There is also a new Cargo Worm soft bait on the market from Slam. I always

try to use natural colors although I have seen a Spotted Grunter caught on a neon pink fluke lure. The

Berkley baits work well as they are scented and the Slam baits have Ultrabite pheromones both of

which help tempt the fish into striking the bait.

The retrieve used is very important. With the shrimp and worm soft baits you can retrieve very slowly

on the bottom. If you are drifting from a boat or kayak just cast the soft bait out and let it drift along

the bottom. The jerk shads can be retrieved a little quicker in short bursts, then pause and more short

bursts to mimic a quick moving shrimp or prawn.

If you arrive at the mud banks early sunrise you will see Spotted Grunter tailing while they are feeding

along the banks. I find a kayak very useful for these situations. You can then see where they are tailing

and paddle closer. Once you see the tail again cast your lure just over that spot and pull it back through

the puff of muddy water. The Spotty should see and smell the soft bait and you will hopefully have a

fish on. They are extremely strong fighters so great fun on a light dropshot rod.

Please remember to stick to the regulations. You are allowed to keep five Spotted Grunter per day at a

minimum length of 40cm each.

Editors note: The best however is to practice catch and release. The photos below were supplied by

Nick Baikoff, who reported that they caught 27 spotty’s all over 50 cm and all were released – “Give

that Man a Bells”.

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RAINFALL UPDATE Mr John Stanbridge has again kindly supplied his rainfall records and we list these below for a 11 year period and provide some graphs and discussion. We have highlighted the extreme rainfall months. The data show the flood events that took place in October 2004 (177mm), August 2006 (234 mm), November 2007 (111 mm) followed immediately by December 2007 with another 99mm, and lastly November 2008 with 126 mm.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Total

2001 35 3 12 63 12 13 45 75 39 31 39 7 374

2002 38 37 3 41 66 53 65 22 32 25 21 28 431

2003 23 16 121 33 88 27 28 72 19 67 11 20 525

2004 21 12 25 90 22 52 43 5 34 177 5 80 566

2005 45 17 74 91 50 51 21 26 28 26 37 16 482

2006 31 29 21 61 78 40 72 234 26 41 16 37 686

2007 17 60 52 58 79 38 77 9 9 54 111 99 663

2008 22 46 43 23 21 62 23 57 20 59 126 0 502

2009 53 20 5 28 26 79 41 13 32 86 17 16 416

2010 11 31 12 34 24 68 64 21 10 51 19 24 369

2011 9 16 14 23 71 54 65 46 10 17 37 18 380

2012 5 5

Monthly average 26 26 35 50 49 49 49 53 24 58 40 31 450

The graph below shows the monthly average rainfall using the 11 years of data. It can be seen that the months with the highest rainfall are: April through to August, with October – November showing a peak. Of interest is the low rainfall during September, and then the December to end February period. In December 2008 there was 0 rainfall.

The 2nd graph alongside shows the total annual rainfall for the period 2001 to 2011 – thus one can see how the rain has varied from year to year. The 2001 and the past 3 years total rainfalls are almost similar, with none exceeding 400 mm in the year. The highest rainfall year has been 2006, followed by 2007 and 2004 – the flood events in these years obviously contributing to the above average annual rainfall for the 11 year period, which is 450 mm.

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These rainfall data are important for farm planning purposes. It can be said that with an annual average of 450 mm, and the monthly totals ranging from 27 mm (March and September) to 63 mm (October), that Vermaaklikheid has a low to moderate type rainfall spread throughout the year, but with a definite high during the winter months – but a noted absence of rain in September. There has been very little surface flow in the Duiwenhoks River. The drought situation is serious and springs may even start to dry-up as the water table lowers. In 2009 the Duiwenhoks Conservancy wrote to the (then) Department of Water Affairs and Forestry asking what was being done about the ecological reserve (of flow) for the Duiwenhoks River. Their reply is below. Pressure needs to be maintained by the Conservancy for, the authorities to fulfil their obligations in terms of measuring the ecological functioning of the estuary and managing the abstractions that occur in the catchment so that they are sustainable.

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MEMBERSHIP

Secretary Rob Hill reminds us all that Membership Fees are due. Please make arrangements with Rob

to settle such. An application form to for membership is attached to this newsletter. Please join and

support your conservancy. We need your interest, enthusiasm and knowledge.

Fax to 021 – 7905793 or email to Rob hill [[email protected]]

CAPE NATURE CONTACT DETAILS Rhett Hiseman, Conservation Services Manager, Overberg / Hessequa BU, CapeNature, P.O. Box 503, Riversdale, 6670. 028 713 2366 (o), 028 713 2366 (f), 082 771 9107 (c), Fax2email 0865052995, email; [email protected]

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A SUMMARY OF APPROVALS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED FOR DEVELOPMENT ON YOUR LAND

By M

ary-Jane M

orris, Pr Sci Nat, Environmental Management Specialist

This summary has been compile

d to guide those w

ho m

ay be considering new developments, alterations to existing buildings or property, or general maintenance.

Please note that it is m

erely a guide and that it is the responsibility of each land-owner to ensure that they approach the local and provincial authorities to ensure that their

planned developments follo

w the required procedures. Key to any development is to get advice from a specialist – seek assistance from professionally registered

planner, architect or environmental scientist. Remember that even if your land is zoned for a particular use (e.g. agriculture) you DO N

OT have an automatic right to

exercise that use – you m

ay need a w

hole range of approvals before you can go ahead. If any one of the authorities refuses your application, then effectively you cannot

proceed. All of the legislation referred to below can be accessed via the internet.

Environmental Authorisation

Section 24 of NEMA (National Environmental

Management Act 107 of 1998) provides for the

listing of activities that MAY NOT C

OMMENCE

without an environmental authorisation

These activities have been listed in the

Environmental Im

pact Assessment (E

IA)

Regulations in Listing N

otice 1 and Listing

Notice 2 (GN 386 and 387 of 21 April 2006)

Another im

portant document to read when it comes to water use is the G

eneral

Authorisation (GN 399 of 26 M

arch 2004). Depending on the catchment into which a

property falls, a certain amount of water can be taken from a river or stream or

groundwater without having to get a licence. If you will use m

ore than w

hat is specified in

the G

eneral Authorisation you w

ill need a license.

Section 21 of the NWA (National Water

Act 36 of 1998) sets out water uses and

the requirements for water use licences.

Other

Water Use License

The process that must be follo

wed

is described in the EIA

Regulations (GN 385). Depending

on w

hat you plan to do, you will

need to have a Basic Assessment

or Scoping and EIA undertaken.

The w

ater use license w

ould be

issued by the R

egional Office of

the D

epartment Water Affairs

(DWA). There is a DWA office in

George.

The provincial Department of

Environmental Affairs &

Development Planning is the

authority responsible for issuing the

environmental authorisation. The

Department has an office is G

eorge.

Heritage Approvals

Typical activities in the Duiwenhoks area that will require an environmental authorisation are construction and earthmoving (infilling and excavation) within

100m of the high-water mark, clearing of indigenous vegetation and development close to a river, stream or wetland.

Activities that require a water use license include diverting a river, infilling or building within a wetland and installing a sewage treatment plant.

Section 38 of the NHRA (National Heritage

Resources Act 25 of 1999) sets out the

activities that require a Heritage Impact

Assessment (H

IA).

You m

ay also need a perm

it from the heritage authority if you plan to

alter a build

ing that is older than 60 years or if you are going to

develop w

here a heritage resource is present.

The heritage approvals are issued by H

eritage

Western Cape, which has an office in C

ape Town. If a

national heritage resource is involved then the South

African Heritage R

esources Agency – also based in

Cape Town is the relevant authority.

In addition to the above, you m

ay need a plough perm

it from the Department of Agriculture if you plan to clear land for cultivation (Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act 43 of 1983).

Any build

ings require Building Plan Approval from the m

unicipality (National Build

ing R

egulations). Subdivision of land and rezoning of land use w

ill require perm

ission from the

municipality and/or Province (Land U

se Planning O

rdinance 15 of 1985). Subdivision of Agricultural Land is also subject to the approval of the D

epartment of Agriculture (Subdivision of

Agricultural Land Act 70 of 1970)

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PHOTO GALLERY – Christmas – New Year 2011-12

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Photo of windmill =

windpump by Dream Light

= Brian Mincher

http://flickeflu.com/photos/dr

eamlight

Windmill by Moon by Dream Light

This was shot at night using

a long time exposure. I was

driving at night and spotted

this windmill from the road

on a farm in Vermaaklikheid,

South Africa

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Through the funding made available by Morris Environmental & Groundwater Alliances (MEGA), Cape Nature were able to reach an additional 380 foundation-level learners in the Hessequa region with the recycling/littering puppet show. This included a show in Vermaaklikheid and Heidelberg! Thanks to Celeste Loriston’s passion, dedication and talent, the shows were a great success.

Celeste Slabber-Loriston as haar alter ego, "Romella de Mors", Rhett Hiseman (CapeNature) en Leandi Wessels (CapeNature) na afloop van die suksesvolle herwinnings poppespel wat Maandagoggend aangebied is in Melkhoutfontein. (Foto: Louise Mouton)

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PLEASE FILL IN AND RETURN EVEN IF YOU ARE AN EXISTING MEMBER AS

WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR RECORDS

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Rob Hill @ [email protected]

021 – 7905742 (h) 4671000 (w)

www.duiwenhoksconservancy.co.za

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