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Unresolved: Spokes Sithole, who was born in the same year as Nelson Mandela, 1918, is one of the original claimants in the R1 billion Mala Mala land claim. He died at 108. Photos. Lucas Ledwaba
COMMISSION FOR RESTITUTION OF LAND RIGHTS

Fruit of freedom withers under broken land deal

The death of Spokes Sithole at 108 exposes the broken promise of one of South Africa’s largest land restitution settlements, where freedom and land ownership have not translated…

  • Lucas Ledwaba
7 min read
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – 2021/04/12: A topless protester makes a gesture while standing on top of a barrier during the land demonstration. Chaos erupted after community members tried to erect shacks on privately owned land. Owners deployed armed security. (Photo by Thabo Jaiyesimi/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

No more excuses for land inertia

In the second of a three-part series on South Africa’s land question, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi says the constitution is clear: land seized under colonial states must be returned. But…

  • Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
10 min read
Villages like Utah whose residents are beneficiaries of a massive land claim remain underdeveloped and without basic services such as water. (Lucas Ledwaba)
ALISON MORPHET

All mahala say claimants in R1-billion Mala Mala land claim

Endless court cases and threats plague community of South Africa’s most costly restitution settlement

  • Lucas Ledwaba
12 min read