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Desperate to prove critics wrong, the South African government has been shoveling Africa’s largest-ever industrial subsidies into the Coega industrial zone complex and port, located in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) about 30 kilometers north of Port Elizabeth.
Government proponents say Coega represents sound industrial and development policy, but many others consider the project a ‘corporate welfare’ giveaway replete with eco-destructive and socially insensitive features, especially during a period of renewed attention to climate change.
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