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Hazel Shirinda

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Hazel Shirinda

Hazel Shirinda is an environmental scientist and activist based at the University of Venda. She does participatory development outreach with ACCEDE and SOLVE.

Double trouble: Water pipes lie around the troubled Vuwani area in Limpopo waiting to be installed. The Vhembe municipality is in financial difficulty yet has been charged with servicing Vuwani. Photo: Oupa Nkosi

Is Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone sustainable? A UN team is investigating

There are questions about its sustainability and effect on the environment

UN Development Programme South Africa backs ‘dirty’ Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone

The SEZ in Limpopo’s Vhembe district will still be fuelled by a coal-fired power plant

Controversial Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone gets green light

Environmentalists are up in arms over the decision

Musina-Makhado metallurgical zone revision a back-peddle or a back door?

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…

An artist’s impression of the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone.

State pushes ahead with its toxic zone

The controversial Musina-Makhando initiative will pollute air and water, push climate change and produce dangerous quantities of hazardous waste

The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Musina Makhado Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is touted by the government to be the new “regional economic epicentre” much like other mega-projects in the Global South.

Muddying the waters in the Musina Makhado economic zone

The public participation process on the environmental impact assessment for the area’s special economic zone has been shambolic