Seven years after its launch by President Cyril Ramaphosa, the multi-billion-rand Musina Makhado Special Economic Zone (MMSEZ) in Limpopo is at a standstill.
A total of R67.5 million has been spent on consultants and R50 million on roads and infrastructure. But there is no infrastructure, no electricity connection, no roads and no water.
Described on its website as “a flagship of the Limpopo Provincial Government”, the MMSEZ is “a green field investment platform consisting of two sites” – Artonvilla near…
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Fun South African Fact: South African Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first heart transplant on 3 December 1967 at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The groundbreaking surgery was carried out on Louis Washkansky and Dr. Barnard was assisted by a large and exceptional team of surgeons, nurses and technicians. One of Dr. Barnard’s assistants was Hamilton Naki, a black laboratory assistant who had worked previously as a gardener and went on to work in the animal laboratory at the University of Cape Town. He had assisted Dr Barnard with research leading to the transplant. In the apartheid days, Naki had no access to higher education due to his race. Despite being unable to access formal training, he learned from and assisted university researchers and went on to do amazing work.
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Gogga – bug [ch-o-cha] The ‘g’ is pronounced as ‘ch’ in the back of the throat (think Scottish “Loch”) and is used to describe a bug or insect.