Court case to decide fate of Knoflokskraal

It takes a village: Khoi descendants occupy a territory of their own

About 3,000 people are now living in shacks and bungalows on a stretch of state forest land adjoining the N2 near Grabouw in the Western Cape

05 December 2021 - 00:00

Margie Wentzel points to the hillside above her new home in a Western Cape pine plantation. “This is going to be a big city,” she says. “They shot at us. They broke down our homes. They called us barbarians. But we are not going away.”..

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