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Questions over transparency in renewable energy land deals
Local entrepreneur Anthony Olifant: ‘Our community is relatively short of land. When renewable energy plants come in, land is immediately available [to them]. But when our small farmers and entrepreneurs look for land, it is not there.’ Across South Africa, municipal and other public land is being leased to renewable energy developers under long-term agreements. …