/ 28 January 2001

COMMUNITY THREATENS TO RE-INVADE BASE

A NORTHERN Province community that invaded a military base two years ago has threatened to re-invade it after failing to get a response to a land claim they lodged five years ago. Seven of the 1 000 Gumbu community members who marched to the Madimbo Corridor military base in September 1999 were arrested and are currently in court. Seven clans jointly lodged a restitution claim with Land Claims Commission in 1996 for land in the Madimbo Corridor, which borders Zimbabwe along the Limpopo River. – African Eye News Service