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Submitted | first-name | support | top-concern | openletter | message |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2026-01-02 09:25:12 +02:00 | Johan | No I do not | Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation | Yes I do | |
2026-01-01 11:26:36 +02:00 | Andrew | No I do not | Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation | Yes I do | |
2025-12-31 07:46:03 +02:00 | Daria | No I do not | Water resource depletion and contamination | Yes I do | The destruction of the Greater Soutpansberg area by coal mining will not provide long term benefit to the south african population. In contrast it will only benefit a few highly connected south african politicians and the chinese goverment. The local landscape will be destroyed and the local water resources contaminated preventing the local population from sourcing water and any future sustainable ecotourism opportunities. The illegal mining happening must be stopped immediately as it gives the impression that South African laws can be ignored and legal process flouted. It is the duty of the goverment to protect the local population, their land and water resources from Chinese exploitation. |
2025-12-30 22:02:08 +02:00 | Willa | No I do not | Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation | Yes I do | |
2025-12-29 06:37:21 +02:00 | Amanda | No I do not | Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation | Yes I do | The scheme to turn the wild heart of Limpopo into another Sacrifice Zone for coal and steel is extremely high-risk with grossly skewed benefits in favour of foreign and fossil fuel industry interests and will come at a terrible cost to the sensitive environment and scarce water resources, poor rural communities, local industries from farming to tourism and the emerging potential of the biodiversity economy, which are all vulnerable to the effects of highly polluting industries and the intensifying climate crisis, as well as South Africa’s ailing domestic steel industry which the MMSEZ will cannibalise, and the debt-burdened public purse given the eye-watering capital costs of developing the zone’s supporting infrastructure. |