The judge referred to section 3(4) of ESTA which she said creates a presumption that a person continuously and openly resided on land for a year has consent to do. He said although section 3(4) uses the language of openly residing, it cannot be interpreted narrowly to apply only to a consent to being housed, but must include a consent also to use the land connected to that residence, in this case the grazing of cattle.
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The donkey cart transport has for many years, served residents of villages, many of them within a seven kilometre radius to the west of the town who did not have cars and did not earn enough to afford the fares charged by bakkie transport operators.
Living heritage is the foundation of all communities and an essential source of identity and continuity. Aspects of living heritage include: cultural tradition, oral history, performance, ritual, popular memory, skills and techniques, indigenous knowledge system and the holistic approach to nature, society and social relationships
IT’s all hands on deck at the Maswele Farm – a group of women are busy harvesting green beans on a vast field. Not far…
The boulders, stacked precariously one over the other, tower over the rugged landscape like silent keepers of time, custodians of secrets from long, long ago. The hill carries with it a mythical aura, like others around the area which seem to hide classified knowledge from the beginning of time.
HE was a friendly, engaging and resourcesful man who loved his job of putting Limpopo high up on the world’s tourism man. Journalists, ordinary folk…
ON 9 August 2012 rock drill operators at Lonmin’s Marikana mine went on an unprotected strike demanding a minimum monthly wage of R12 500. By…
'we are ending this today, don’t ask me how, but today we are ending this.'
A few times during the year – a fire rages through the Kruger National Park sending billowing flames and dark clouds of smoke into the…
AN uneasy tension engulfs rural communities in Limpopo when young initiates are away undergoing their rite of passage in the mountains – but when they…