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Minister to take Knoflokskraal occupation to court

Government says it has evidence of fraudulent land sales and extortion

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure is going to court to “restore the rule of law” at the self-proclaimed Khoisan settlement of Knoflokskraal in Grabouw. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Public works and infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson says government will be submitting court papers next week to “restore the rule of law at Knoflokskraal”.
Knoflokskraal was initially occupied in 2020 and has since grown into a settlement of thousands of people. The initial occupiers saw it as a reclamation of their indigenous rights.
The minister says the department has evidence of fraudulent land sales, extortion and a “parallel policing structure” on the state land.

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