Proposed hydro power station at Augrabies

[Toko]

Permanent employment opportunities of are 5-7

[Richprins]

Don't roll your eyes at me, young lady!

Go and check their employment promises, temporary or not!

[Richprins]

For foreigners...it may seem as though the Orange River struggles through the desert, but the water actually laboriously and forcefully comes from the more Eastern parts of SA, and Lesotho...mostly the Vaal River. It is SA's biggest river catchment!

[Toko]

I have checked, my dear, 5-7 permanent jobs

[Richprins]

Go and check their employment promises, temporary or not!

[Toko]

Have checked everything

[Bushveld Jock]

Toko,

Just to run a plant you need 6 guys operating from the control room (2 per shift). What about other aspects like security, maintenance, financial and management. Job responsibility might be spread across all sections along the river for higher level profile jobs, therefore per section low, but definitely not 7 only. I agree not a huge work force and most likely no locals.

I can still not figure out where the propose site will be. Riemvasmaak area is down stream from the falls and all land above the falls are privately owned farms.

[Toko]

Toko,

Just to run a plant you need 6 guys operating from the control room (2 per shift). What about other aspects like security, maintenance, financial and management. Job responsibility might be spread across all sections along the river for higher level profile jobs, therefore per section low, but definitely not 7 only. I agree not a huge work force and most likely no locals.

This question was answered during the public participation process and HydroSA noted:

Power stations would be operated remotely from Australia at first, but that monitoring would be transferred to South Africa overtime.
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A South African contractor would be appointed for maintenance and added that there would be a local team in Kakamas that would be on the ground should there be problems.

150 – 200 construction jobs would be created and only 5 to 10 jobs once in operation.

However, the Draft Background Assessment Report, states 5-7 permanent jobs. In another presentation, 150 jobs during constraction are mentioned, but no detail on how many local jobs thereof.

The possible benefit for the community would be the income from from both rental and dividends. They would become shareholders and HydroSA is looking at giving the community 12 – 15% shareholding in the project. But of course, the money to buy the shares may be loaned by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and then the income from the project would pay the money back over 15 years.

[Toko]

I can still not figure out where the propose site will be. Riemvasmaak area is down stream from the falls and all land above the falls are privately owned farms.

[Lisbeth]

I do not know the territory very well, but I cannot see anything terrible