230116000801 - (PREVIOUS APP 3324) RENEWAL FOR AN ECC FOR THE CONTINUATION OF ITS AGGREGATE QUARRYING ACTIVITIES AT KANGONGO VILLAGE, KAVANGO EAST REGIONS

THIS A RENEWAL FOR AN ECC WHICH WAS GRANTED TO CRUSHCO TRADING, THE APPLICANT, FOR THE CONTINUATION OF ITS AGGREGATE QUARRYING ACTIVITIES. AGGREGATE IS QUARRIED FROM A RESOURCE LOCATED AT THE VILLAGE OF KANGONGO IN THE MUKWE CONSTITUENCY IN THE KAVANGO EAST REGION. THE QUARRY HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND IS SUPPLYING GOOD QUALITY AGGREGATES TO THE BUILDING AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTS IN THE REGIONS OF KAVANGO EAST, KAVANGO WEST AND ZAMBEZI. SOME EXPORTS ARE ALSO BEING MADE TO BOTSWANA VIA THE MAHEBO BORDER POST JUST OUTSIDE DIVUNDU. THE ECC WILL ALLOW THE COMPANY TO CONTINUE ITS QUARRYING OPERATION AS WELL AS TO RENEW ITS WATER ABSTRACTION PERMIT FROM THE KAVANGO RIVER AND THE DEWATERING OF ITS QUARRY PIT. THE DEWATERING PERMIT IS PENDING THE RENEWAL OF THE ECC AT THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS.