By Greg Ardé and Sam Sole for amaBhungane Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) pays annual taxes of R1-billion and estimates its economic impact at R8-billion a year, with R1.5-billion going to local businesses in 2021. This huge pot of cash exercises an extraordinary pull on good and bad actors in the surrounding community – as well …
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Apr 16 2020
#EarthCrimes – The dirty white elephant, Part Three: Limpopo, The Weakest Link
Sam Sole Conflicted Limpopo agencies charged with policing a proposed Chinese-run industrial zone are not up to the task. Exhibit A: the wildly skewed operator agreement.
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Apr 16 2020
#EarthCrimes – Limpopo’s dirty white elephant, Part Two: The dodgy designation
How a Chinese company hijacked the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone. Documents obtained via an access to information request show that shady Hong Kong businessman Yat Hoi Ning boarded the strategic economic zone (SEZ) train without a ticket.
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Apr 16 2020
#Earthcrimes: Limpopo’s dirty great white elephant (Part One)
Government’s plan to develop a R40bn Chinese-controlled energy and metallurgical industrial complex at the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone in Limpopo is founded on quicksand.
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