RECENT NEWS The Sham of the Public Participation Process on the Environmental Impact Assessment for the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone (SEZ) 14-19... The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Musina Makhado Special Economic Zone (SEZ) echoes the promises made by government backed Killing the Holy Ghost: Limpopo’s Musina-Makhado SEZ – A not-so-go zone? By Brandon Abdinor The draft environmental impact assessment (EIA) report on the controversial proposed Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone was released China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the COVID-19 crisis Coronavirus represents both a demand and a supply shock to the global economy. The key question is which assets are EarthCrimes – The dirty white elephant, Part Four: Caution, environmental hazard By Sam Sole for amaBhungane The development of a coal-burning, water-guzzling industrial zone is a potential threat to the roughly Earthcrimes: Limpopo’s dirty white elephant, Part Three: Limpopo – the weakest link By Sam Sole for amaBhungane Conflicted Limpopo agencies charged with policing a proposed Chinese-run industrial zone are not up to EarthCrimes – Limpopo’s dirty white elephant, Part Two: The dodgy designation By Sam Sole for amaBhungane How a Chinese company hijacked the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone. Documents obtained via an access Earthcrimes: Limpopo’s dirty great white elephant (Part One) By Sam Sole for amaBhungane Government’s plan to develop a R40bn Chinese-controlled energy and metallurgical industrial complex at the Musina-Makhado Killing the Holy Ghost: Inside the R145bn plan that would destroy the Limpopo River By Kevin Bloom When Vasco da Gama anchored off the mouth of the Limpopo River in 1498, he named it Under the Veil of a Virus BY OCEANSNOTOIL It is not just nature that has begun to fill the spaces we have vacated, highly contested regulations are MINISTER MANTASHE USES THE COVER OF THE EMERGENCY TO ESCAPE ACCOUNTABILITY. By Christopher Rutledge – MACUA WAMUA Advice Office In what can be described as a diabolical conjuring of the dark A look at China’s big plans for Limpopo and why locals should be concerned China is set to construct a massive industrial zone in Limpopo over the next five years China and South Africa Special Economic Zones Act: Designation of Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone (South African Energy and Metallurgical Zone) Courtesy of https://www.polity.org.za/ MACUA/WAMUA, SOLVE and ACCEDE meet with communities MACUA/WAMUA, SOLVE and ACCEDE meet with communities and climate change youth movements to discuss the impact of the proposed EMSEZ BRICS Conference