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The appeal had been set down for argument at the court in Bloemfontein from 15 November but will now be withdrawn on the instruction of the new board appointed by Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister
A source close to the process, who asked not to be named as they do not have permission to speak to the media, said this week that the appeal would not continue. The new board appointed by Didiza after his dismissal is understood to have begun discussions around ending the appeal at its first meeting and had taken the final decision at a recent meeting held in Pietermaritzburg.Nkosi, Bongani Zikhali and other residents of ITB land had gone to court in 2018 to challenge the validity of the residential lease system, which forced them to pay rent to the board for land occupied by their families, often for several generations.
The court ordered Didiza, under whose ministry the ITB falls, to provide quarterly reports on implementation of the order and of further steps to ensure the right of tenure of people living on ITB land.
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