The Musina Makhado Special Economic Zone (MMSEZ) was in the news again this past week, and once again, for all the wrong reasons. A huge public outcry followed when reports emerged that permission had been given to the developers of this controversial project to destroy thousands of protected trees.
According to documents in this newspaper’s possession, applications were received for the destruction of 9,000 protected trees on the proposed MMSEZ’s northern site at Antonvilla, just north...