A scathing court ruling has thrown out the government’s blanket R36 000 payouts to Eastern Cape families dispossessed of their land under apartheid.
Judge Muzikawukhelwana Ncube declared the payments irrational, unlawful and
inequitable for the victims of forced removals.
In a landmark judgment delivered a week ago, the Land Court ordered the Regional Land Claims Commissioner (RLCC) in Gqeberha to refer the claims back to court for a proper
determination of just and equitable redress.
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