University of South Africa
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
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GGH3705
Environmental Impact Assessment
Specialist Impact Assessments: Social, Health & Heritage
Assignment 2 Semester 1, 2026
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Module Code: GGH3705
Module Name: Environmental Impact Assessment
Assignment: Assignment 2
Semester: Semester 1, 2026
Due Date: 13 April 2026
Topic: Specialist Impact Assessments
Institution: University of South Africa (UNISA)
Department: Geography
Submitted in partial ful
lment of the requirements for GGH3705 UNISA, 2026
,UNISA | GGH3705 Environmental Impact Assessment
Contents
1 Introduction: Specialist Impact Assessments in the EIA Process 3
2 Specialist Impact Assessment 1: Social Impact Assessment (SIA) 4
2.1 2.1 Purpose of the Social Impact Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2 2.2 Methods and Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2.1 Baseline Social Pro
le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2.2 Stakeholder Engagement and Primary Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2.3 Impact Identi
cation and Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2.4 Mitigation and Enhancement Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3 2.3 Experts Responsible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.4 2.4 Project Summary: The Medupi Power Station (Limpopo) . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.4.1 Project Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.4.2 SIA Findings and Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 Specialist Impact Assessment 2: Health Impact Assessment (HIA) 9
3.1 3.1 Purpose of the Health Impact Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.2 3.2 Methods and Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2.1 Stage 1: Screening and Scoping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2.2 Stage 2: Baseline Health Pro
le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2.3 Stage 3: Exposure Assessment and Risk Characterisation . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2.4 Stage 4: Mitigation, Monitoring, and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.3 3.3 Experts Responsible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.4 3.4 Project Summary: The Tronox Sands Mine (KwaZulu-Natal) . . . . . . . . . 11
3.4.1 Project Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.4.2 HIA Findings and Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4 Specialist Impact Assessment 3: Heritage Impact Assessment (HeIA) 13
4.1 4.1 Purpose of the Heritage Impact Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.2 4.2 Methods and Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.2.1 Phase 1: Desktop Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.2.2 Phase 2: Field Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.2.3 Phase 3: Signi
cance Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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4.2.4 Phase 4: Impact Assessment and Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.3 4.3 Experts Responsible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.4 4.4 Project Summary: The N2 Wild Coast Highway (Eastern Cape) . . . . . . . 16
4.4.1 Project Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.4.2 HeIA Findings and Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5 Comparative Summary of the Three Specialist Impact Assessments 18
6 Conclusion 19
Reference List 20
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College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
⋄ ⋄ ⋄
GGH3705
Environmental Impact Assessment
Specialist Impact Assessments: Social, Health & Heritage
Assignment 2 Semester 1, 2026
⋄ ⋄ ⋄
Module Code: GGH3705
Module Name: Environmental Impact Assessment
Assignment: Assignment 2
Semester: Semester 1, 2026
Due Date: 13 April 2026
Topic: Specialist Impact Assessments
Institution: University of South Africa (UNISA)
Department: Geography
Submitted in partial ful
lment of the requirements for GGH3705 UNISA, 2026
,UNISA | GGH3705 Environmental Impact Assessment
Contents
1 Introduction: Specialist Impact Assessments in the EIA Process 3
2 Specialist Impact Assessment 1: Social Impact Assessment (SIA) 4
2.1 2.1 Purpose of the Social Impact Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2 2.2 Methods and Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2.1 Baseline Social Pro
le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2.2 Stakeholder Engagement and Primary Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2.3 Impact Identi
cation and Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2.4 Mitigation and Enhancement Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3 2.3 Experts Responsible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.4 2.4 Project Summary: The Medupi Power Station (Limpopo) . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.4.1 Project Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.4.2 SIA Findings and Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 Specialist Impact Assessment 2: Health Impact Assessment (HIA) 9
3.1 3.1 Purpose of the Health Impact Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.2 3.2 Methods and Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2.1 Stage 1: Screening and Scoping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2.2 Stage 2: Baseline Health Pro
le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2.3 Stage 3: Exposure Assessment and Risk Characterisation . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2.4 Stage 4: Mitigation, Monitoring, and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.3 3.3 Experts Responsible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.4 3.4 Project Summary: The Tronox Sands Mine (KwaZulu-Natal) . . . . . . . . . 11
3.4.1 Project Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.4.2 HIA Findings and Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4 Specialist Impact Assessment 3: Heritage Impact Assessment (HeIA) 13
4.1 4.1 Purpose of the Heritage Impact Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.2 4.2 Methods and Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.2.1 Phase 1: Desktop Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.2.2 Phase 2: Field Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.2.3 Phase 3: Signi
cance Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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4.2.4 Phase 4: Impact Assessment and Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.3 4.3 Experts Responsible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.4 4.4 Project Summary: The N2 Wild Coast Highway (Eastern Cape) . . . . . . . 16
4.4.1 Project Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.4.2 HeIA Findings and Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5 Comparative Summary of the Three Specialist Impact Assessments 18
6 Conclusion 19
Reference List 20
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