Community Information Pamphlet: Proposed Boegoebaai Port, Special Economic Zone and Regional Renewable Energy Infrastructure

This community information pamphlet, produced by Natural Justice in April 2026, outlines a proposed large-scale development in the Northern Cape Province involving the Boegoebaai Port, a Special Economic Zone (SEZ), and regional renewable energy infrastructure. It specifically invites public comment on Work Package 2 (WP2) of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) conducted by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

• The Northern Cape Economic Development, Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (NCEDA) and other government stakeholders have proposed a development project in the Northern Cape Province consisting of a new deep-water port, a Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Green Hydrogen (GH2) and renewable energy projects, as well as supporting infrastructure including roads, rail, pipelines, and water desalination plants across the Namakwa District Municipal area.
• A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is being conducted prior to any project approval processes, such as Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), because the proposed developments are located in a water-scarce, environmentally sensitive area with communal and reclaimed land of cultural significance, and are expected to have impacts lasting decades.
• The SEA research is divided into two work packages by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR): Work Package 1 (WP1), published in August 2025 and focused on the Boegoebaai Port site and SEZ, and Work Package 2 (WP2), which provides a region-wide assessment of the combined social, economic, and environmental impacts of a green hydrogen economy in the Northern Cape.
• Work Package 2 (WP2) specifically investigates several key issues for the Namakwa region and the Boegoebaai project, including socio-economics, infrastructure and planning, heritage, water resources and aquatic ecology, biodiversity offset, and ecology, biodiversity and conservation planning.

APA

Natural Justice (2026). Community Information Pamphlet: Proposed Boegoebaai Port, Special Economic Zone and Regional Renewable Energy Infrastructure. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Boegoebaai_Strat-Enviro-AssessmentFinal.pdf

Chicago

Natural Justice. Community Information Pamphlet: Proposed Boegoebaai Port, Special Economic Zone and Regional Renewable Energy Infrastructure. 2026. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Boegoebaai_Strat-Enviro-AssessmentFinal.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{naturaljustice2026community, author = {{Natural Justice}}, title = {{Community Information Pamphlet: Proposed Boegoebaai Port, Special Economic Zone and Regional Renewable Energy Infrastructure}}, institution = {Natural Justice}, year = {2026}, month = apr, url = {https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Boegoebaai_Strat-Enviro-AssessmentFinal.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }