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BUSHVELD LUNACY: Dig first, find water later: Limpopo’s industrial insanity

Don Pinnock · Daily Maverick

Published 30 Oct 2026, 9:35 am·just now·1 min read

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Urgent questions need to be asked about a huge Chinese development in a bushveld biosphere to produce steel the world no longer needs.

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