Plea for land trust beneficiaries to stop fighting

Rural Development and Land Reform Deputy Minister Mcebisi Skwatsha pleaded with beneficiaries of the Ndabeni Communal Property Trust to resolve their internal issues amicably yesterday.

Skwatsha met with the community to address issues of infighting, beneficiary disputes and questions around the legitimacy of the board of trustees, delaying reimbursement for beneficiaries.

The land in question, with a value of more than R300 million, was awarded 16 years ago to people forcefully removed from Ndabeni.

Because the land in Ndabeni had already been developed, government instead awarded the claimants 54.8ha of land in Wingfield along the N7.

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