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PRESS RELEASE: ILLEGAL STRIP-MINING BY CHINESE COAL MINERS EXPOSED IN LIMPOPO BIOSPHERE RESERVE
“MC Mining’s contempt for South Africa’s environmental safeguards cannot be ignored”. MC Mining’s disregard for due process has raised serious governance concerns about the China-South Africa government-backed MMSEZ— and the risk of foreign investors being allowed to violate South Africa’s environmental protection standards.

STEALING LIMPOPO’S WATER: At the confluence of coal steel and sacred water
STEALING LIMPOPO’s WATER: At the confluence of coal, steel and sacred water. Highlights from the explosive new podcast episode on Just Us & the Climate, exposing the threat to Limpopo’s water posed by the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone and exploitation of the surrounding coalfield.

Podcast: “The public versus the MMSEZ - Part 3: Plundering Limpopo’s Water for Coal”
Podcast: “The public versus the MMSEZ - Part 3: Plundering Limpopo’s water for coal”

RI ṰOḒA THUSO YAVHO U TSIRELEDZA MUPO WA VUNDU ḼA LIMPOPO
RI ṰOḒA THUSO YAVHO U TSIRELEDZA MUPO WA VUNDU ḼA LIMPOPO


PRESS RELEASE: BULLDOZING THE BAOBABS - Should 600,000 protected trees be destroyed to make way for the MMSEZ?
PRESS RELEASE - Should 600,000 protected trees be bulldozed to make way for the Musima-Makhado Special Economic Zone

URGENT CALL FOR STAKEHOLDER REGISTRATION IN THE PROCESS TO APPROVE CORE PROJECTS IN THE MMSEZ - DEADLINE 12 NOVEMBER 2024
South Africa is about to create a new Sacrifice Zone for coal and steel in the remote Vhembe region of Limpopo Province.
This an urgent call to the public to register as stakeholders in decisions to green-light the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone.

Don’t Let Vhembe Vanish
Did you know that the largest coal-fuelled industrial development in South Africa’s history is planned for Limpopo’s Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, along with the expansion of coal mining on an unprecedented scale.

CALL TO REGISTER AS A STAKEHOLDER IN THE PROCESS TO APPROVE CORE PROJECTS OF THE MMSEZ - FIRST DEADLINE FOR COMMENT: 8 DECEMBER 2024
MMSEZ coking coal, ferrochrome smelter and other industrial projects - EIA announced: Register as a stakeholder here today to change tomorrow.
The wild heart of Limpopo should not be sacrificed to coal.

The Wealth of Nations: Coal versus Carbon in the Vhembe
South Africa’s real natural assets can be worth more than its mineral petroleum resources: The case of the Vhembe’s natural carbon sink versus the Greater Soutpansberg Coalfield
A Living Limpopo Blog Post

PRESS RELEASE: UNDP set to withdraw from SA-China MMSEZ Industrial Zone Pact
JOINT PRESS RELEASE BY LIVING LIMPOPO, WITS CENTRE FOR APPLIED LEGAL STUDIES (CALS) AND ALLRISE ATTORNEYS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE JUSTICE

“UNDP moves to scrap support for ‘risky’ R165bn Limpopo heavy industry zone” writes Tony Carnie in Daily Maverick
A United Nations internal watchdog unit has advised its biggest development aid agency to scrap an agreement backing the development of a R165-billion heavy industry zone in Limpopo.

Bulldozing roads to nowhere on the banks of the Limpopo River
A depressing scene… Site clearance of the indigenous vegetation and road construction proceeds unchecked at the North Site of the MMSEZ on the farm Antonvilla situated on te Limpopo River close to Beit Bridge border post.
Podcast: “The public versus the MMSEZ - Part 2: The foreign land grab and the right to free prior and informed consent”
Podcast: “The public versus the MMSEZ - Part 2”

Podcast: “The public versus the MMSEZ - Part 1”
Podcast: “The public versus the MMSEZ - Part 1”

Why Environmental Impact Assessment in South Africa is a Fraud: The case of the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone
Why Environmental Impact Assessment in South Africa is a Fraud: The case of the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone

How South Africa’s industrial policy feeds its coal addiction: The case of the Musina-Makhado SEZ
“Limpopo for Sale, Goin’ Cheap Cheap” - The garage sale of Limpopo’s petroleum and mineral resources wraps up; 2 September 2018: During his state visit to China, President Ramaphosa and President Xi witnessed the signing of various Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) at a ceremony held at the Great Hall on Sunday, 02 September 2018, including for the coal-fired Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone’s prioritised projects.

PRESS RELEASE: CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS BRING LEGAL CHALLENGE AGAINST MUSINA-MAKHADO SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE
Our organisations have approached the High Court in Limpopo to review the lawfulness of environmental authorisation granted in respect of the heavy industrial development site of the Special Economic Zone located in northern Limpopo.

“White elephant tender-fest trampling SA’s impoverished far north” by Lauren Liebenberg in Daily Maverick
“White elephant tender-fest trampling SA’s impoverished far north” writes Living Limpopo’s Lauren Liebenberg in Daily Maverick
