Late last year the Ingonyama Trust intervened in a land restitution claim in Melmoth KwaZulu-Natal. It argued that the land about to be restored to various community groups who had waited over 20 years, should not belong to them. It should instead be transferred to the Ingonyama Trust, because the communities are subjects of King …
Tag: Restitution Amendment Bill
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Sep 27 2018
Public hearings on land have largely missed the nuance of this complex topic
The release of Kgalema Motlanthe’s High Level Panel report in November 2017, alongside resolutions from the 54th conference of the African National Congress (ANC) and the ultimate success of an Economic Freedom Fighters’ motion on land expropriation earlier this year, has made land reform an emotional and topical issue in South Africa.
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