Falsified Land Claims Process
The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reform and the Regional Land
Claims Commission have learned with great dismay of the shady work of some individuals
sourcing monies from would-be-claimants whilst purporting to be ‘consultants’
of the commission. The towns that have been targeted by these unscrupulous
characters include; Upington, Petrusville, Warrenton,
Colesburg and De Aar. We
are appealing to our communities not to fall prey to the shenanigans and ills
of people who are undermining a noble process of
government.
We wish to advise communities that land restitution claims
were only allowed to be lodged up until
Communities are urged to refrain from paying any person fees
for their claims to be accepted or even processed. Residents that have paid
fees to such persons must lay fraud charges with their local law enforcement
officers such as the police.
We have also noted that there were instances of communities
being deliberately misled around the announcement of the settlement of all
restitution claims by the end of December 2005. The President’s announcement
was based on the settlement of claims that were lodged before the cut-off-date
of
It remains the responsibility of the Regional Land Claims
Commission in ensuring that all persons that were forcibly removed from
ancestral land and urban sites should be fully restituted or compensated by the
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Enquiries: Thabo Mothibi –
083 255 8840
Source : Ministry of Agriculture and Land
Reform