Evicted and Abandoned

South Africa

Eskom Investment Support Project

Country: South Africa
Sector: Energy and mining
Approval Date
Apr. 8, 2010
Status
Active
Closing Date
Oct. 31, 2015
Amount
$3.8B
Displacement:
Possible
People displaced (estimated)
Unknown
Additional details
  • A complaint mentioning land acquisition and/or resettlement was received on 4/6/2010 by the World Bank Inspection Panel.
  • Environmental category: A (project with high environmental and social risk)
  • The project didn’t have a resettlement action plan/abbreviated resettlement plan as of December 31, 2014 but it had a resettlement policy framework.
More details at worldbank.org