Nkuhlu Tented Camp

[Richprins]

Nkuhlu Tented Camp Basic Assessment Covering Letter.pdf

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[Richprins]

Dear Stakeholders and Interested and Affected Parties’


RE: Nkuhlu Tented Camp Notice of Environmental Authorisation and Appeal Process.


Please note the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment has granted the following environmental authorisation:

Authorisation Register Number: 14/12/16/3/3/1/2439

Holder of Authorisation: Tourvest Accommodation and Activities, a division of Tourvest Holdings (Pty) Ltd

Location of Activity: Remainder of Farm Governments Ground 142 JU

For the development of seven-unit luxury tented camp, which will take place upstream on the northern side of the existing Nkuhlu picnic site, within the Nkomazi Local Municipality in Mpumalanga Province.

The authorisation was signed on 16 May 2022. The authorization is attached to this email.

Your attention is drawn to the National Appeal Regulations, 2014 which regulates the appeal procedures. Should you wish to appeal any aspect of the decision, you must, inter alia, lodge your appeal with the appeal administrator, and a copy with the applicant, any registered and affected party, and any organ of state with interest in the matter within 20 days of the date of notification of the decision was sent to the registered interested and affected parties by the applicant; or the date that the notification of the decision was sent to the applicant by the department, whichever is applicable.

The appeals must be submitted in writing in the prescribed form to:

By email: appeals@environment.gov.za;

By hand: Environment House
473 Steve Biko
Arcadia
Pretoria
0083; or

By Post: Private Bag X447,
Pretoria,
0001

EA - 14-12-16-3-3-1-2439.pdf

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[Richprins]

Shall we write a letter to Anthony repeating our objection to this development?

[Lisbeth]

[harrys]

[Richprins]

Dear Stakeholders and Interested and Affected Parties’

RE: Nkuhlu Tented Camp Notice of Amendment to Environmental Authorisation and Appeal Process.

Please note the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment has granted the following environmental authorisation:

Authorisation Register Number: 14/12/16/3/3/1/2439/AM1

Holder of Authorisation: Tourvest Accommodation and Activities, a division of Tourvest Holdings (Pty) Ltd

Location of Activity: Remainder of Farm Governments Ground 142 JU

For the development of seven-unit luxury tented camp, which will take place upstream on the northern side of the existing Nkuhlu picnic site, within the Nkomazi Local Municipality in Mpumalanga Province.

The authorisation was signed on 8 August 2023. The amended authorization is attached to this email.

Your attention is drawn to the National Appeal Regulations, 2014 which regulates the appeal procedures. Should you wish to appeal any aspect of the decision, you must, inter alia, lodge your appeal with the appeal administrator, and a copy with the applicant, any registered and affected party, and any organ of state with interest in the matter within 20 days of the date of notification of the decision was sent to the registered interested and affected parties by the applicant; or the date that the notification of the decision was sent to the applicant by the department, whichever is applicable.

The appeals must be submitted in writing in the prescribed form to:

By email: appeals@dffe.gov.za;

By hand: Environment House

473 Steve Biko

Arcadia

Pretoria

0083; or

By Post: Private Bag X447,

Pretoria,

0001

Please feel free to contact me if you have any queries or require further information.

Kind regards
Anthony Emery
Pr.Sci.Nat. and Registered EAP

[Richprins]

Our reply:


Dear Anthony

While Africa Wild registered as an interested and affected party, we have come to realise over the years that these public participation processes regarding the multitude of new developments in Kruger and elsewhere are merely rubber-stamp exercises issued at great expense by SANParks as an expensive afterthought to comply with government regulations.

Thank you for your efforts, but these projects have all been pre-ordained long ago, with financial transactions being the prime motivator, not conservation nor customer satisfaction in our opinion.

It is all about money for SANParks and government, and we regard these deals as questionable in the extreme especially as it was indicated to us some years ago that developments in the South of the Park were at an end.

Public participation has not had an iota of influence on state decisions, in our experience.

Regards

Africa Wild

[Lisbeth]

[Peter Betts]

Complete Lack of Place.. Advertised as a Luxury Remote camp >> Ja well no fine !! >> situated on the Busiest TAR Road in Kruger and next to one of the BIG 3 Restaurant, Shop /Picnic Sites conglomorates in Kruger>> Who is for camping at Gold Reef City over Easter Week end ?? >> R 5000 per night at this money making facility. I wouldnt pay R 10 .

This image is of a Campsite at Rooiputs where we stay annually 8-16 days a trip.. Thats a proper remote camp (Costs Jane and I R 146 per night for the 2 of us ) < NO Electricity, NO Shop, NO Tar Road, NO Passing Traffic, NO Staff on site (You are on your own = NICE), No Flush Loos , only cold Shower (Beer Tin Nozzle with punched random holes) NO adjacent Picnic Site, NO Restaurant , NO Noise, NO Neighbours>> just miles of RAW Kalahari and Big and hairy House cats to keep you company. If Botswana Parks can get it right >> Why cant SANParks

[Lisbeth]

Peter, they are not even trying It is not their potential kind of guests