Podcast: “The public versus the MMSEZ - Part 2: The foreign land grab and the right to free prior and informed consent”
Just Us and the Climate podcast channel hosted by the Climate Justice Coalition, brings you a new episode in the series, The Public vs the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone: Part 2
In this episode, find out how this coal-fuelled industrial development threatens rural communities living in the Vhembe District of Limpopo Province, the extent to which it is driving a foreign land grab in the region and the failings of the Public Participation Process.
Lauren Liebenberg interviews Makoma Lekalakala of EarthLife Africa and Mphatheleni Makaulule of grassroots community organisation, Dzomo La Mupo, who have been deeply involved in the campaign against this ecocidal development. Makoma testifies to the dangerously flawed Public Participation Process in the context of the enormous costs that will be borne by local communities relative to the potential jobs benefits, while Mphathe gives voice to the anger – and fear – of indigenous communities whose traditional way of life, food and water security is fundamentally threatened by coal and heavy industrialisation.