Home | Activities | Milestones | Resources | EIA Involvement | Membership | Minutes Amandasig A property development within the MPNE - taken to court under the MPA. more… Canopy Tour Canopy Tour - Bartlet farm -Ysterhout, within MPNE more… THE KGASWANE COUNTRY LODGE Upmarket hotel approved in the Protected Area After long discussions between the MPA and NW MEC, in which Paul Fatti spelt out the severe negative consequences that the approval of the Kgaswane Country Lodge would have on the protection status of the Magaliesberg and on the viability of the Biosphere, the MEC expressed his reluctance to refuse a development into which so much money had already been invested and which would provide employment for local inhabitants. The MPA is calling for a Review of the decision, which if successful is likely to result in the MEC being compelled to reconsider the development in the context of the environmental status of the area and imposing certain restrictions on the development which will mitigate its impact on the Magaliesberg. more…