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Please download the ASAPA Swaziland 2011 conference programme here.

Please download the following documents for information about the upcoming ASAPA conference.

ASAPA, the Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists, is currently one of a number of public interest and environmental organisations appealing the awarding of new order mining rights and the approval of the environmental management plan for the Vele colliery, an open cast and underground mine situated seven kilometres from the eastern border of the Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site.

The proposed development

The Wewe Driefontein Mixed Use Development, proposed near Sibudu, is planned to provide approximately 3450 housing opportunities ( of mixed typology and income ), 58 ha light and service industrial area, 90 ha of general industrial area, 18ha mixed use area, 37ha of agriculture and smallholdings, 7ha light commercial, 5.7ha general commercial / shopping centre, fuel stations, 2.3ha educational / community facilities, rehabilitation of conservation areas, private open space systems,  and associated services and servitudes for bulk electricity, waste water treatment ( subject to confirmation from authorities ), upgrading of external bulk services and infrastructure and internal link services and infrastructure.