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Meshack Mbangula

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Meshack Mbangula

Meshack Mbangula is a renowned community activist and a leader in community capacitation and mobilisation for Mining Affected Communities Unite in Action (MACUA)

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

OPINION| Why won’t parliament and Gwede Mantashe listen to mining communities?

The mining resources parliamentary portfolio committee and the department have continued to ignore the interests and rights of communities affected by mining

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…

Public participation is a farce in Musina-Makhado project

Information is not getting to the right people or places as voices of discontent are getting louder

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