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OBJECTION TO APPLICATION IN TERMS OF REGULATION 18(1)(b) OF THE SPATIAL PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS: LAND USE MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL MATTERS, 2015 READ WITH SECTION 98 OF THE SPACIAL PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT BY-LAW FOR PIXLEY KA ISAKA SEME LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, 2016
This document is a formal objection submitted by the Centre for Environmental Rights on behalf of a coalition of eight civil society and community non-profit organisations. The objection opposes an application by Atha-Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd to change the land use of Portion 1 of the Farm Yzermyn 96 in Mpumalanga from agricultural to mining purposes to facilitate the construction of the Yzermyn Underground Coal Mine. The objectors argue that the project would cause irreparable harm to a strategic water source area, threaten biodiversity in the Mabola Protected Environment, and negatively impact vulnerable local communities, while failing to comply with municipal spatial development frameworks and national interest requirements under the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA).
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Document type: Statement