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From: Lori Pottinger <lori@irn.org>
Subject: Resettlement at Swazi Dam/LS
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This is a bit old, but interesting that the project authorities
didn't plan properly for resettlement (this is a DWAF project).
From Business Day
Resettlement adds R86m to dam's cost
Feb 2, 2001
MBABANE A hefty R86m has been added to the price tag of Swaziland's
largest public works project, the Maguga Dam, with the addition of
resettlement fees for affected communities.
The Swaziland Komati Project Enterprise has released its
environmental impact assessment, which examined the ecological effect
on the mountainous, northern Hhohho region of the dam, which will
create an immense artificial lake out of the Komati River as it
enters Swaziland from SA.
Estimated to cost R343,5m in 1998, when work started after the
signing of the Komati Basin Accord by SA and Swaziland, the dam will
provide hydroelectricity and a measure of energy self-sufficiency for
a country that imports 70% of its electricity from SA, as well as
irrigation for the surrounding forestry industry and downstream
agricultural schemes.
The project is scheduled for completion this year.
Most of the resettlement costs will go to replacement of homes and
schools, with the largest share of funds, R33,7m, earmarked for
infrastructure where transplanted families will continue as
small-scale farmers and herders.
However, a small fund of R257000 is set aside for small enterprises
to provide employment alternatives to peasant farming for residents
resettled on Swazi national land.
Less than R200000 has been budgeted for what the environmental impact
assessment refers to as biological monitoring of plants, and an
education programme. The idea was to stop people chopping down rare
trees to use as firewood at their new homes, and for the cultivation
of some species for commercial use, one of the report's authors said.
Ryan Hoover
Africa Campaigns
1847 Berkeley Way
Berkeley, CA 94703
USA
Phone: (510) 848-1155 Fax: (510) 848-1008
www.irn.org
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