Gqeberha’s third deadly blow: Deindustrialisation knocking on the door again?

Claire Botha· Jul 26, 2026 · 11:26 PM UTC ·7 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 22 views

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▪Gqeberha’s third deadly blow: Deindustrialisation knocking on the door again?
▪The wind that blows through Algoa Bay has always carried the smell of salt and diesel.
▪Increasingly, it carries something else: the uneasy feeling that history is repeating itself, and that Gqeberha may be about to suffer its third deadly blow.

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Gqeberha’s third deadly blow: Deindustrialisation knocking on the door again? The wind that blows through Algoa Bay has always carried the smell of salt and diesel. Increasingly, it carries something else: the uneasy feeling that history is repeating itself, and that Gqeberha may be about to suffer its third deadly blow. By Claire Botha 26 Jul 2026 Dr Claire Botha is a health economist and policy analyst with a focus on public sector policy analysis, health financing and economics, costing and resource allocation. Her work spans more than 15 years, in diverse sectors such as government, nongovernmental, higher education and research management.

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