By Naledi Sikhakhane Reverend Mbhekiseni Mavuso faced his community being forcibly removed from their ancestral land in the 1960s. Today, they face renewed threats from a proposed iron ore mine that could displace thousands, destroy fertile agricultural land and desecrate ancestral graves in Entembeni, Melmoth, KwaZulu-Natal.
Tag: land rights
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Sep 30 2024
‘I want to die before they take this land’ – residents fear eviction after mining company reapplies for opencast mine
By Naledi Sikhakhane For more than a decade, residents of a KwaZulu-Natal community have been opposing mining giant Jindal’s plans for an opencast iron ore mine, which would see 350 families evicted from their homes.
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Sep 18 2023
South Africa community members decry traditional leaders’ power amid mine plans
By Dimitri Selibas MAKHASANENI, South Africa — In a village in the rolling hills of grassland, woodlands and scattered homesteads in South Africa’s picturesque KwaZulu-Natal province, a broil between traditional leaders and community members is playing out.
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Apr 03 2023
A new rural land grab as urban elites build homes on customary farming areas
By Sienne Molepo All over southern Africa, new urban-to-rural migration and settlement trends are emerging. Far from being abandoned, rural areas are in high demand. This exacerbates the precarity of home and life for those who still live in rural areas, especially on customary land.
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Oct 11 2022
‘Expropriation Bill in current form will not pass test of constitution’ – expert
By Paula Luckhoff The Bill introduces instances where zero compensation could be paid for expropriated land. The Money Show interviews Bulelwa Mabasa from the Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform.
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