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Luxury lodge fined R15-million for flouting environmental laws

Goats Window luxury safari lodge built 23 units near Bonnievale without environmental authorisation, and cleared 4,000m2 of endangered renosterveld

The entrance to the illegally constructed Goats Window Luxury Safari Lodge in the foothills of the Riviersonderend mountains near Bonnievale. Photos: John Yeld

Developers of a luxury lodge near Bonnievale in the Western Cape have been fined R15-million for illegal construction in a protected area.
Goats Window luxury safari lodge built 23 tourism units without environmental authorisation and cleared more than 4,000m2 of endangered renosterveld.
The developer continued construction in spite of a municipal cease-work order and an environmental notice.
Developer VEA Group Holdings pleaded guilty in the Bonnievale Regional Court to environmental offences.

The South African subsidiary of a global business conglomerate has been fined R15-million for developing a luxury tourism lodge in the Cape Winelands without the required…

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