AE01430V
Phase 1 heritage impact assessment for the proposed new road K56 (study area: Erling Road between the K46 and K56 and the K56 between K46 and Main Road) Midrand, Gauteng Province
Summary
This project may impact on any types and ranges of heritage resources that are outlined in Section 3 of the National Heritage Resources Act (Act 25 of 1999). Consequent a Heritage Impact Assessment was commissioned by Bokamoso Environmental and conducted by Leonie Marais-Botes/Archaetnos Archaeologists and Heritage Consultants.
It is important to note that all graves and cemeteries are of high significance and are protected by various laws. Legislation with regard to graves includes the National Heritage Resources Act (Act 25 of 1999) whenever graves are 60 years and older. Other legislation with regard to graves includes those when graves are exhumed and relocated, namely the Ordinance on Exhumations (no 12 of 1980) and the Human Tissues Act (Act 65 of 1983 as amended).
Report by
Dr. A.C. van Vollenhoven (L.AKAD.SA.) and Zurethe Collins and Leonie Marais-Botes - Heritage Practitioner