A dam shame: 22 years on, Mutoti’s people wait patiently for compensation

Hundreds who sacrificed their land for Nandoni Dam say they are victims of a nightmare of inept bureaucracy

06 December 2020 - 19:06 By naledi shange

The Nandoni Dam, which flows from the Mutoti village in the Vhembe district in Limpopo, has brought hardly any benefit locals who have instead lost their farms, crops, homes and even grave sites to make way for its construction...

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