By Paddy Harper Five years after an investigation found that a chief in KwaZulu-Natal illegally sold people’s land to outsiders to build holiday homes, no action has been taken against him or his subordinates.
Tag: land rights
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Sep 17 2020
eMpembeni mirrors the scourge of mining-related assassinations in KZN
By Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime Since 2016, there have been at least 38 assassinations and 14 attempted assassinations in mining localities in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Mining-related assassinations are even more difficult to track than political killings. Motives can often be multilayered and the rural environment in which most attacks take place can render accurate …
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Sep 03 2020
Stop calling yourself judge, chief justice tells ITB chairperson
By Paddy Harper Judge not, lest thee be judged thyself” ― this is the message, sort of, from the Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng to Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) chairperson Jerome Ngwenya.
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Aug 17 2020
Air pollution in the midst of COVID-19
By Velile Khoza Here in Mfidikoe village, Rustenburg we see communities suffer the consequences of air pollution from tailing dams.
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Jul 20 2020
Where must we get help, ask KwaZulu-Natal residents
Amanda Khoza Impoverished residents in the province, especially those in rural areas, say they are being neglected, ignored and exploited by the very people who are supposed to protect them.
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