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PROGRESS REPORT
AMATHOLE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY,
XHORA WATER SUPPLY SCHEME
BID NO. 8/2/94/2005
PROGRESS REPORT
AMATHOLE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY,
XHORA WATER SUPPLY SCHEME
BID NO. 8/2/94/2005

JULY 2012
JULY 2012

Thetha Consultant
Thetha Consultant

RELOCATION REPORT: AMATHOLE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY
XHORA WATER SUPPLY SCHEME :PHASE 1A and B
INTRODUCTION
Thetha Consultant was appointed by Goba Consulting Engineers and Project Managers on behalf of Amathole District Municipality in July 2008, as the ISD Consultant. The appointment covers community mobilisation, establishment of the PSC and CLO appointments and dealing with Land ownership matters and providing support to the project team.
This project covers rural water supply to villages and the water source for the project is the Xhora River and the water will be stored in a dam and then purified for distribution to the local communities.Goba has indicated that there are households to be relocated due to the construction of the dam.
It must be noted that the ongoing consultation with the affected household owners and traditional authorities lowered down during the period leading to the local Municipal elections and the period just after the elections, this was due to the fact that some of the role players were due to be replaced and there was intense lobbying and political campaign during this stage.Cllr Nobuntu Mtsi was replaced as a councilor and the new incumbent, Miss Ziyanda Pensile took over the reigns. Meetings with cllr Pensile were organized and the objective of the meetings was to brief her about the processes around relocation and this was a simmeles transition; Traditional authority played a crucial role in handling all the relocation matters.
RELOCATION AND RESETTLEMENT ISSUES
Background
There are three households that are within proximity to the proposed dam site, according to technical experts designing the drawings for the dam it was suggested that the houses be relocated to

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