Nearly 5 000 land claims rejected

Mayibongwe Maqhina

LAND Reform and Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso has revealed that almost 5 000 land claims were rejected by the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights in all nine provinces. This revelation comes as questions arise around the effectiveness and equitable outcomes of the commission's work aimed at redressing the injustices of racially motivated land dispossession. This came after IFP MP Albert Mncwango asked Nyhontso about the work done by the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights, also known as the Land Claim Commission. In his response, Nyhontso revealed that the Restitution of Land Rights received a total of 78 533 claims by the December 1998 cut-off date. Of these claims received, 71 226 have been investigated, and only a mere 4 757 were rejected for various reasons. The breakdown…

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