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Lisa Thompson is a political economist and public-sector reform analyst at the University of the Western Cape
China’s changing priorities towards funding African development through smaller projects show a possible willingness to adapt to African priorities and economic needs.
It appears that China is pushing for a relationship with Africa that will increase its geopolitical clout in the international arena
With geopolitical tensions rising, whether the Russian president himself finally decides to stay at home or not, all eyes will be on Ramaphosa in the coming weeks
There are questions about its sustainability and effect on the environment
The SEZ in Limpopo’s Vhembe district will still be fuelled by a coal-fired power plant
It is unconscionable in terms of climate change that the zone is going ahead with a coal plant at its epicentre.
MMSEZ chief executive Lehlogonolo Masoga, the Limpopo Economic Development Agency and the consulting agency Enviroxcellence failed to address the concerns of people living in the…
While the summit leaders solemnly swear that they are singing off the same struggle song sheet towards progressive development, the bloc’s leaders’ solidarity is mostly skin-deep
Environmentalists are up in arms over the decision
Civilians working together signals the possible germination of a deeply embedded democratic culture where ethnicity no longer divides
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…
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
The author of a journal paper on the social movement reveals the ‘trees’ that talked for it
