WESSA Sishen Report for Anglo American

THE ANGLO AMERICAN KUMBA SUSTAINABLE MINING PLAN KEY TAKEAWAYS AND LINKAGES TO WESSA

3.8.1 Sishen Biodiversity – WESSA Services

•WESSA’s programme Stop the Spread has a long history of supporting invasive alien clearing programmes nationally with implementation, accredited training, best practice control methods, and the formation of small business enterprises. •WESSA Published “ Invasive Alien Plants in Kwazulu-Natal – Management and Control ” in 2008. • Since 2014 WESSA has implemented training nationally for Department of Environmental Affairs : Natural Resource Management Programmes (e.g. Working for Water). WESSA has significant experience of working with the Working for Water (WFW) Contractors. We have supported their training needs from essential training such as OSH, Herbicide Applicator, chainsaw operations and SMME development. This has included how to contract for work outside of the WFW programme. • WESSA implemented the eThekwini Municipality’s Working for Ecosystem Programme . This programme saw conservation areas of the municipality cleared of alien and encroaching vegetation and thereby rehabilitated. The programme success was also attributed to the number of small enterprises which were developed and supported and now are able to contract their services directly to the municipality, the province and the private sector. • WESSA implemented on behalf of Sappi a programme to support compliance at 3 mill sites in KZN and to develop the teams to form 2 SMME’s who would continue working independently of WESSA after 2 years.

WESSA INVASIVE ALIEN PLANT REMOVAL PROGRAMME