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Card image 02 May 2023 Times Live

Looters strip Fish River Resort in Eastern Cape

Vehicles with trailers were used to load millions of rand worth of goods from the Fish River Resort in the Eastern Cape in a massive looting spree during the weekend.

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Card image 02 May 2023 Algoa FM

Fish River Resort looted and abandoned

What was intended to be SA’s premier film location has been plundered beyond rescue leading to a loss of jobs and hundreds of millions of rands in potential revenue.

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Card image 30 January 2023 SANews

DPWI approves release of 1,199ha of land to settle Mpumalanga restitution claim

A restitution claim was lodged with the Mpumalanga Regional Land Claims Commission on behalf of the Kaapsche Hoop Community in 1998...

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Card image 27 January 2023 GroundUp

Forcibly removed 60 years ago: Simon’s Town land claimants return

100 houses allocated to victims of the Group Areas Act

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Card image 19 January 2023 Daily Maverick

‘We need to know what happened to the bones’ — Tiervlei community wants restitution

During forced removals in the apartheid era, Stellenbosch University acquired land where a Bellville cemetery was located. Residents in this area are now engaging with the university in a restitution process.

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Card image 08 December 2022 Daily Maverick

Mabuza breaks his silence — and reveals the weakness of his defence

Despite his reputation as a politician who presided over several Mpumalanga government departments wracked by vulgar corruption, Deputy President ‘DD’ Mabuza hardly ever responds to announcements about fresh probes into his misdeeds. So the press release his office issued on Wednesday in response to a criminal complaint laid against him is remarkable – both for breaking the silence and for illustrating the weakness of his defence.

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Card image 06 December 2022 Times Live

Outa refers criminal complaint against Mabuza, 12 others to ID

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has referred a criminal complaint which names Deputy President David Mabuza and 12 others to the ID.

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Card image 05 December 2022 Daily Maverick

‘Land scam kingpin’ – Deputy President David Mabuza named as top suspect in organised crime complaint

On the morning of 5 December 2022, the Investigating Directorate of the NPA received a criminal complaint from the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse under the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, with Deputy President DD Mabuza named as the lead suspect. The allegations cover a litany of charges that stretch from 2002 to the present day, mainly to do with the ‘land claims scam’ and the case of conservationist and whistle-blower Fred Daniel. For the first time, all aspects of the case are submitted in a single affidavit, including the contents of the “missing dockets” as reported by Daily Maverick in August 2022. “Hotlinks” to the attendant evidence are also included in the complaint.

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Card image 07 December 2022 SABC news

OUTA says enough evidence for NPA to investigate R35-bln land restitution scam

OUTA says it believes there is sufficient evidence for NPA to investigate 13 people including Deputy President, David Mabuza over an alleged R35-billion land restitution scam.

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12 October 2022 IOL

‘A Desire To Return to The Ruins’: Book explores the burning issue of land reform

Ledwaba – whose first book “Broke and Broken” (2016) focused on the exploitation of mine workers – brings to light land reform and land rights

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