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Musina residents want answers over SA-Zim water deal

They had the gala dinner and signed the deal [with Zimbabwe] and then later called the community, but what for? Water is life so this matter must be treated seriously. Last time he [Mchunu] took two years to come back to us. They think we are kids. They are beating about the bush because we know this water is for the SEZ [MMSEZ]. We don't want to go back there [shutdown protests]," Musina resident Donald Ramuthivheli

‘Loss of cultural heritage due to environmental degradation from mining is a human rights issue’

Locating our struggles for environmental justice and protecting our human rights through forcing mining companies to comply with legal guidelines and to work with communities on the issues concerning our livelihoods within the greater struggle for economic freedom, as poor and rural mine affected communities, is a critical call to action for mobilizing and organizing the youth around understanding the importance of having our voices heard through solidifying our collective power as communities as we’re burdened with the responsibility to carry the baton forward towards realizing socio-economic justice in our lifetime and protecting our homes.