Opinion

Rural folk of KZN get day in court against a grasping landlord

Apartheid-era ruse to persuade Inkatha to take part in the first democratic election is being used to enrich the Ingonyama Trust and exploit the poor

06 December 2020 - 00:00 By LAWSON NAIDOO

While parliament is still considering how to amend section 25 of the constitution to allow for expropriation of land without compensation, the Ingonyama Trust has been practising a form of expropriation with a novel twist: the new landowner being paid compensation...

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