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Minister goes to court over Knoflokskraal settlement

Public Works department asks court to help stop the expansion of the Khoisan occupation

The Knoflokskraal settlement, started in 2020, has grown to house thousands of people. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Public works minister Dean Macpherson has applied to the court to stop the expansion of the Knoflokskraal settlement in Grabouw in the Western Cape.
Thousands of people live in the self-proclaimed Khoisan settlement, which was started in 2020.
The public works department said attempts to engage with leaders in Knoflokskraal had failed.

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson has filed an application to the Western Cape High Court to stop the further expansion of the six-year-old occupation called Knoflokskraal in the Elgin Valley in Grabouw.
Knoflokskraal, a self-proclaimed Khoisan settlement, was initially occupied in 2020 and has since grown into…

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