ESKOM PARADISE - FONDWE POWER LINE DEVIATION

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd (the applicant) appointed Setala Environmental (Pty) Ltd as the independent environmental assessment practitioner (EAP) to undertake the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for a proposed electricity strengthening project.

The National Department of Environmental Affais (DEA) issued Environmental Authorisation for the construction of a 132kV power line from the existing Paradise Substation to the proposed Fondwe Substation, on 05 October 2015, (DEA Ref 14/12/16/3/3/1/1337) and a subsequent amendment authorised on 25 March 2019. DEA Ref 14/12/16/3/3/1/1337/AM3.

Following on the above, an application for authorisation for deviation of a section of the above-mentioned power line is submitted to the National Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), in terms of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998) (NEMA) and the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations of 2014, as amended.