Maps

Vhembe District Bioregional Plan - Conflict overlay: Critical Biodiversity Areas, Limpopo Conservation Plan with MMSEZ industrial zone and mining rights

Coal & Climate impacts

September 2021 Specialist Report on the assessed climate change impact produced for the EIAr by Promethium Carbon

 

A selection of reports and documentaries related to the consequences of the anticipated GHG emissions of the Musina-Makhado SEZ in the context of the true spoils of black gold in South Africa.

October 2020 Comments submitted by Prof. Patrick Bond, University of Johannesburg, on the Final EIAr published September 2020 concerning the climate crisis-related impact of the MM-SEZ and depletion of natural capital.

Water impact

 

A selection of reports and other materials related to the water supply plans for the SEZ as well as independent critiques of those plans and the water impact of the industrial development in the water-stressed Vhembe.

October 2021 Report on the water impact of the Musina-Makhado SEZ in the absence of water governance in the Limpopo River Catchment by Dr Victor Munnik, commissioned by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

Special Economic Zones in context: China’s Belt and Road and China-Africa Capacity Co-operation

 

A series of policy briefs by Lisa Thompson and Hazel Shirinda of UWC’s African Centre for Citizenship and Democracy (ACCEDE) commissioned by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

Community activism

 

EarthLife Africa, Save Our Limpopo Valley, African Centre for Citizenship and Democracy and others take the fight back to Baobab country

MM-SEZ Planning and promotional materials

 

A library of plans and reports produced in support of the project by various government agencies including the dtic; LEDET/LEDA and the MM-SEZ SOC; the operator; SAEMB, a subsidiary of Shenzen Hoi Mor and the various specialists engaged by the EAP to conduct economic assessments.

September 2017 South Africa Energy-Metallurgy Special Economic Zone: Investor Prospectus

September 2019 Internal Masterplan of the EMSEZ produced by iX Engineers; MCC and Hoi Mor

The CER for groundWork PAIA request haul: Records obtained from the dtic under a PAIA request by Centre for Environmental Rights acting on behalf of groundWork South Africa.

June 2021 Musina-Makhado SEZ Socio-Economic Impact Assessment Report of the produced by Demacon

Economic and Financial Reports:

Economic Rationale report (Mintek; update July 2021);

Economic Cost-Benefit Analysis (Tshikope Resources; June 2021);

Socio-Economic Impact Assessment (Demacon; update June 2021);

Business Case (AIH Group; October 2020);

Internal Masterplan (Hoimor; MCC; iX Engineers; September 2019)

Summary of Application for Designation [of the SEZ] (dtic; 2015)

Annexure: Financial Model V3-2: 20-Year Financial Plan

Annexure: Makhado Investment and Finance - Executive Summary

2 March 2022 Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone - Business Information Sharing Session

February 2022 Dubai Expo 2020 - Limpopo Provincial Showcase

September 2020 Musina-Makhado promo - SOC corporate identity launch

The Vhembe biodiversity economy development framework

 

A library of the plans and reports produced by various government agencies including LEDET as well as the outputs of Operation Phakisa for the Biodiversity Economy implementation lab designed to conserve and harness the potential of the Vhembe’s natural capital.