New EIA Malelane Lodge

[Lisbeth]

Obviously they have not given up on the Malelane Hotel........yet

[RogerFraser]

yes but there seems to be an equal or larger number of developments growing outside of the park in the south so even just adding these two as well and the current traffic problems the South of the park is really going to implode sooner rather than later .The average visitor is now exposed to abuse and traffic nightmares it certainly is no longer the pristine nature experiance it used to be and I don't think will ever be again even if they implement mitigating ideas of new roads /service roads etc .I fear the horse is out the stable and across the field already ....I see post after post on FB SANPARKS pages where people report bad behaviour/service/experiences -most of it is deleted quite quickly by admins or blocked and told this is not the right channel ...

[Lisbeth]

The traffic in the south has been a problem for many years now and the only thing that they have done was to raise the quota of day visitors and the Sanparks vehicles, taxi, delivery vans and OSVs are still not counted

[Dzombo]

The end of "new developments", whatever that means.

Really??
What about Nkulu and Selati?

[Richprins]

That is the point, Dzombs. At the meeting Phillips said there would be no new developments, to some applause. The devil is in the detail, as this does not include "existing developments" like Malelane, Selati and Nkuhlu, so a pointless statement by him.

[Lisbeth]

He forgot to add: ".....apart from the ones already planned"

[Richprins]

Dear I&APs,

Environmental Authorisation Number: 14/12/16/3/3/1/1280

Environmental Authorisation for the proposed Safari Lodge near Malelane Gate situated in the Kruger National Park

Please note that the DEA recently approved the extension of the validity of the Environmental Authorisation for the proposed Malelane Safari Lodge by a further 2 years to 15 April 2021. See attached EA for your records.

Furthermore, please note that the ownership of the EA has now also been transferred to SANParks. Should you have any queries, please contact them directly.

Yours sincerely,
Michael Wright
Chairman
Malelane Safari Resort Investments (Pty) Ltd

[Lisbeth]

I wonder if Sanparks will insist on this project They have a lot going on at the time being

[RogerFraser]

Got to love .gov just change the goal posts because we can EIA expiring no problem little bit of grease and swoosh 2 year extension

[Flutterby]