Approval for Power lines granted

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=30 BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width="100%" style=" border-left: 1px solid #3366CC;" BGCOLOR="#000066" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>Tulbagh Info Information</B></div> <div> Approval for Power lines granted</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="120" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#0099CC HEIGHT= 15 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="local_news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tulbagh News Page 2"><U>Back to Local News</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>Tulbagh looses its eight year old fight to prevent the first mega power line corridor from traversing this valley (a pair -ultimately - of 765kv approximately 50m high transmission lines between the Gamma and Omega Sub-stations) .</B> <B>And, now there is the prospect of the Bantams Klip / Kappa power lines coming this way too?.</B> National Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms. B Molewa, approved the powerline on 7 June 2011. One of the immediate implications of the Minister’s decision is that, in accordance with the Minister’s original Record of Decision dated 12 June 2006, Eskom may now commence with construction activities of the Power Line</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="104e57490.jpg" border=0 width="599" height="841" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="104f57490.jpg" border=0 width="599" height="841" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="105057490.jpg" border=0 width="599" height="841" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="105157490.jpg" border=0 width="599" height="841" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="105257490.jpg" border=0 width="599" height="841" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="105357490.jpg" border=0 width="599" height="841" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="105457490.jpg" border=0 width="599" height="841" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="105557490.jpg" border=0 width="599" height="841" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="105657490.jpg" border=0 width="599" height="841" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=28 style=" border-top: 1px solid #0066CC; border-left: 1px solid #0066CC;border-right: 1px solid #0066CC; border-bottom: 1px solid #0066CC;" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>