The environmental and social impact of the special economic zone has been reduced, but Chinese investment and loans haven’t been disclosed, job creation is uncertain, and water use and toxic waste remain troubling
Information is not getting to the right people or places as voices of discontent are getting louder
The controversial Musina-Makhando initiative will pollute air and water, push climate change and produce dangerous quantities of hazardous waste
The public participation process on the environmental impact assessment for the area’s special economic zone has been shambolic
The president disclosed a development U-turn but the Special Economic Zones and China’s carbon intensive interests are likely to prevail
The country is being pushed to develop more SEZs. But is this a viable strategy, given unemployment and ‘deglobalisation’?
Activists and social movements feel left out in the cold by a process that doesn’t take them seriously