He said the utility negotiates with landowners on a willing-buyer, willing-seller basis
Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says land for South Africa’s planned 14,000km power line network is not being taken without compensation.
In a written reply to Parliament, Ramokgopa said the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) has already secured about 55% of the servitudes needed for the project.
"The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) has an established programme to negotiate the servitudes required for constructing the approximately 14,000km of high-voltage transmission lines, as required by the Transmission Development Plan (TOP). As these lines will be built over time and in phases, the acquisition of servitudes is also being undertaken in phases," Ramokgopa said.
He said the utility negotiates with landowners on a willing-buyer, willing-seller basis, while a small number of servitudes were expropriated and compensated.
