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This story was produced in partnership with Pulitzer Center. Details of the land claim settlement for MalaMala, one of South Africa’s most exclusive game reserves, are unlikely ever to be made public after a deal was reached outside of court proceedings in 2013. The settlement was the largest in the country’s history and saw the […]
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King Goodwill Zwelithini is among traditional leaders who are compiling a land claim that could be South Africa’s largest to date.
Those wanting to lodge land claims now have another five years in which to do so, says Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti.
After a court approved a claim by a group of Xhosa claimants, 17 landowners who lost a land claim bid say they are off to the Supreme Court of Appeal.
Zanu-PF says the war veterans’ move on to land owned by Tongaat Hulett is illegal, but the vets claim they were promised land in return for votes.
The billions of rands needed each year for the next 15 years to settle new land claims will come from state funds, says the land reform minister.
The battle over use and ownership of municipal land and nature reserves on the eastern escarpment is complicated further by limited water resources.
The land claims process, designed to compensate those who were dispossessed will be reopened after fourteen years, the Star newspaper has reported.
A landmark legal case highlights the demands of traditional communities to profit from the platinum mining revolution of the past 20 years.
Plans for a multimillion-rand eco-tourism development that promises about 2 000 jobs in KZN are being thwarted by unresolved land claims.
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/ 2 November 2010
The state decided to drop land claims by two different clans against the country’s biggest sugarcane farmer.
The land claims budget will be nearly exhausted in the first quarter of this financial year, but the treasury is unlikely to allocate more funds.
The manner and speed in which land restitution claims were being processed remained a concern, the National House of Traditional Leaders said.
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/ 8 February 2009
Communities head for court after government decision to offer alternative land to settle Kruger National Park claims.