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Genade Boerdery (Pty) Ltd (hereafter referred to as the applicant) has appointed Environmental Impact Management Services (Pty) Ltd (EIMS) as the Independent Environmental Assessment Practitioner (EAP) to assist with undertaking the required authorisation processes (including the statutory public participation), and to compile and submit the required documentation in support of application for: An Environmental Authorisation (EA) in accordance with the National Environmental Management Act (Act 107 of 1998) (NEMA), Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations, 2014 as amended.

The applicant wishes to create 8 new cultivation (pivot) areas for the cultivation of potatoes. The development of these pivots will occur in phases over the course of 5 years and the crops will be rotated to prevent blight and allow for conservation of the soil. Once the planting cycle for a pivot area is completed, the area will be reseeded with grazing grasses for cattle. Seven of the new cultivation areas will each cover 60 hectares and one will cover 50 hectares, resulting in a total area of ~470 hectares of indigenous vegetation clearance by the end of the five-year period.

Irrigation requirements will be met using the applicant’s existing Lawful Water Use, which authorises the taking of water from the Vaal River system for irrigation of up to 60 hectares. No additional water resources will be required as only one crop area will be planted at a time.

The proposed project is located on the farm Middel Plaats South No. 104, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Northern Cape Province. The site is ~8km south of Schmidtsdrif The centre point of the site is -28.785582°S, 24.074790°E. Please refer to attached project locality map.

Initial Notification Documentation:

 

Scoping Report for Public Review (Comments must be submitted no later than 7 July 2025):

Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Public Review (Comments must be submitted no later than 3 November 2025):

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