Community members have gone into hiding after their houses were torched amid a dispute over who owns ‘traditional’ land
The Bakgatla-Ba-Khafela community in the North West is at loggerheads with their chief over who should hold the rights to the land.
Tears of joy flowed on Tuesday when the Richtersveld community got a court order restoring land taken from them seventy years ago. ”I am overwhelmed with joy. I can’t hold back my tears,” said community leader Willem Diergaardt. ”This is a big moment in the history of the Richtersveld.”