Grantee Earthlife Africa celebrates a significant victory as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Compliance Unit has recommended the withdrawal from the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone (MMSEZ). The MMSEZ – which many view as a major ecocide threat – is a metallurgical cluster, an industrial zone which would be created by destroying around 3000 hectares of near-pristine natural and sacred environment. According to Earthlife Africa’s Director Makoma Lekalakala, “This is a huge win for the movement toward sustainable and inclusive development and an even bigger win for the people of the Vhembe District who, as a result of the MMSEZ, were living with the threat of possible mass destruction of their natural resources.
