Bosasa boss Gavin Watson's family wind farm plan ruffles feathers.
Verreaux’s eagle, also known as the black eagle, is at the centre of a dispute over a wind farm that the Watson family wants to build near Uitenhage.The department of Environmental Affairs has given the go-ahead to that the Watson family wants to build in the Eastern Cape, before assessing strong differences of opinion from scientists worried about the threat to bird life.
The topic came up at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture when evidence leader Paul Pretorius SC was questioning Angelo Agrizzi. Agrizzi is the former chief operating officer of the Bosasa group of companies controlled by Gavin Watson, eldest of the four Watson brothers. The Watsons' Inyanda-Roodeplaat wind farm project, high in the Groot Winterhoek mountains near Uitenhage, has received environmental approval from the national department of environmental affairs . However, several appeals have been lodged.
Legally, it is environment minister Nomvula Mokonyane who must adjudicate these appeals, but testimony at the Zondo commission has linked her to massive bribes in the form of cash, goods and services from Bosasa – and hence a huge possible conflict of interest. Pretorius asked Agrizzi about the farms where the wind farm is planned and for confirmation that they are surrounded by the Groendal nature reserve.Pretorius: Yes, and we know that wind farms and bird life, particularly eagles, do not get on very well with one another?
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