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Safeguarding the future: Isaac Sekwama believes the government cares more about the SEZ than the people who live on the land. Photo: James Puttick.
AFRICAN CENTRE FOR CITIZENSHIP AND DEMOCRACY

Musina-Makhado SEZ: ‘We don’t want Limpopo Valley to turn into industrial wasteland’

The government should find a less environmentally sensitive site for the special economic zone, especially if water can’t be secured, EIA report finds

  • Sheree Bega
10 min read
16 November 2020. Residents of Steenbokpan Village have to fill reserve containers with water as municipal tap water supply has become limited and erratic. The proposed water pipeline to the area will not improve their situation as it will be supplying the mines and power stations almost exclusively. Photograph: James Puttick.
BARBARA CREECY

‘We struggle for water, but power stations and coal mines don’t’

A proposed pipeline will bring water polluted with Gauteng’s sewage to the Waterberg in Limpopo to boost the coal industry during the climate crisis

  • Sheree Bega
14 min read