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The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries confirms that the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET) is the competent authority for the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone infrastructure application. The Minister notes that concerns regarding climate change, air pollution, and water availability are included in the EIA Plan of Study. The Ministry rejects the need for a Strategic Environmental Assessment and maintains that the public participation process met legal requirements.

• The Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET) is the designated competent authority for the environmental authorisation application for the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone infrastructure. Consequently, the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) stated it cannot intervene in the application or decision-making process.
• Concerns regarding air pollution, climate change impacts, and water availability were included in the Plan of Study for Environmental Impact Assessment, which was accepted on 31 March 2019. These issues must be addressed in the environmental impact assessment report, and LEDET has committed to giving them special attention during decision-making.
• The LEDET maintains that the scoping report for the project met all legal and public participation requirements under the EIA Regulations, 2014, as amended, and was accepted on 31 March 2019, rejecting the claim that the process was inadequate.
• A request for a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to determine the national impacts and benefits of the MMSEZ was declined, as the applicant chose to use the regulated EIA process for project-specific impacts and there is no current legal requirement for a SEA.

APA

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Chicago

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@misc{centreforenvironmentalrightsnd00206bb9db98191205144608, author = {{Centre for Environmental Rights}}, title = {{00206BB9DB98191205144608}}, publisher = {Centre for Environmental Rights}, url = {https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/EDMS-189311-Letter-Mr-Naidoo.pdf?x21779}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }