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Submitted	first-name	support	top-concern	openletter	message
2025-04-05 17:34:58 +02:00	George	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	No I do not
2025-04-05 17:31:21 +02:00	Annemie	No I do not	Water resource depletion and contamination	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:30:03 +02:00	Cynthia	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:28:06 +02:00	Dane	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:26:02 +02:00	Rosemary	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:25:34 +02:00	Eliizabeth	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do	Apart from the environmental damage and degradation, the projects are unlikely to improve the lives of people in Limpopo as the wealth will be exported from the region - and the country.
2025-04-05 17:25:28 +02:00	Clare	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:25:24 +02:00	gerhild	No I do not	Collateral damage to other local industries	Yes I do	Silently the Chinese use the opportunity to mutilate the environments because in their own country there is nothing left. With my personal experience they do not employ locals or use any local machinery etc, everything is imported from China. That is the purest form of exploitation.
2025-04-05 17:22:53 +02:00	Ezna	No I do not	The Musina / Makhado SEZ	Yes I do	We, the undersigned members of the South African public, are deeply concerned about the unlawful mining activities initiated by MC Mining at the Makhado Colliery site located within Limpopo’s Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, a region of immense biodiversity and cultural significance. These operations have commenced despite an unresolved appeal against the environmental authorisation, pending since 2021, which constitutes a clear violation of Section 24F of the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA).
2025-04-05 17:22:22 +02:00	Faith	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:21:27 +02:00	Karusha	No I do not	Water resource depletion and contamination	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:17:08 +02:00	Jill	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:16:55 +02:00	Lewis	No I do not	Water resource depletion and contamination	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:14:17 +02:00	Derrick	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:10:21 +02:00	T.	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:08:57 +02:00	Thuli	No I do not	Damming of the Limpopo River	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:08:35 +02:00	Jeremy	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do	It’s just time to stop now. Please, just stop
2025-04-05 17:07:55 +02:00	Anni	No I do not	Water resource depletion and contamination	Yes I do	Our country is now not only being “raped” by selfish government and unlawfulness, but also the Chinese who are doing this for their own benefit, disregarding the nature & law in our country. They themselves have no regard for their own people & nature in China!! What on earth make us believe they will have any regard & respect for South Africa. Our government is naive and gullible and corrupt to the core!
2025-04-05 17:07:40 +02:00	Desmond	No I do not	Large-scale expansion of coal mining	Yes I do	I worry that all our protestes will go unheeded because some powerful people in the background have a lot to gain, at the expense of the people of South Africa, and the project will be pushed through to supply China with cheap coal.
2025-04-05 17:06:37 +02:00	K.	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:03:58 +02:00	P.	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:03:03 +02:00	Tarryn	Not fully	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do	The Chinese are destroying and pillaging resources in many African countries countries. The greedy government only care about themselves and their personal bank accounts and give China free reign to destroy and take our resources. No to mining and destroying our environment
2025-04-05 17:02:59 +02:00	Lyndon	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:02:46 +02:00	Diethelm Gunther	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do	It will destroy the environment and can not regarded as an asset to the country.
2025-04-05 17:01:59 +02:00	Sarah	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:01:40 +02:00	Riana	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:01:28 +02:00	H.	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:01:16 +02:00	Ingrid	No I do not	Collateral damage to other local industries	Yes I do
2025-04-05 17:00:08 +02:00	Robert	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do	More and more natural areas/biodiversity are being lost daily, never to be recovered. China, throughout Africa, has developed industries and infrastructure by requiring the host country to pledge mineral and other assets as security for the "loan". The government is never able to repay the loans and China then takes ownership of those assets. China will bring in Chinese labour and expertise thus not creating jobs for our citizens. They are not to be trusted.
2025-04-05 16:59:10 +02:00	Brenda	No I do not	Biodiversity loss, pollution and environmental degradation	Yes I do	We call upon you to take immediate action: Cease all mining activities at the Makhado Colliery and ensure that MC Mining begins rehabilitation of the disturbed areas, given its heightened ecological sensitivity. Prosecute MC Mining Limited, Baobab Mining and Exploration (Pty) Ltd and connected entities within the group, and their respective directors under Section 33(2)(c) of NEMA for their ongoing statutory violations. Uphold the appeal lodged by Interested and Affected Parties against the 2021 amendment of environmental authorisation granted by the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources to MC Mining extending its validity, ensuring that due process is followed in affirming Section 24 of the Constitution. The unlawful exploitation of our natural heritage by foreign interests for short-term profit undermines our constitutional rights and jeopardises future generations. We urge you to act decisively to uphold environmental justice and protect our shared resources.