Goringhaicona Khoi leader branded a ‘fraud’ and a ‘bully’ by opposition Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council group.
A bitter battle is playing out in the Western Cape high court over who can speak for a First Nations tribe in the controversial R4.6-billion Amazon development in Cape Town.
In November last year, the council and Observatory Civic Association sought an interdict against construction on the site pending a review of the decision taken by the City of Cape Town and provincial authorities. Thein the high court by Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath on 18 March this year.
He made much of Jenkins having named |Xam Bushman leader Petrus Vaalbooi as someone opposing the development. Yet, Dunn had an affidavit from Vaalbooi stating he had never met Jenkins and in fact supported the development. Thus, Katz said, fraud had been perpetrated against the court. Katz stated Jenkins’ papers before Goliath were “replete with this kind of invective” which was Jenkins’ “modus operandi”.
Advocate Sean Rosenberg, acting for the developers, also insisted Jenkins had defrauded the court by claiming leaders such as Vaalbooi were in opposition to the development, rather than having simply been excluded from consultation. She had ordered that meaningful consultation and engagement with all affected First Nations peoples take place as described by Heritage Western Cape, pending a determination of the review proceedings.
Paschke said the City had allowed ample opportunities for consultation at forums such as the Municipal Planning Tribunal, and the council and Observatory Civic Association had participated in these.
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