Land Reform: Wine farmers apply for an interdict against Black Land First over land occupation By Sandisiwe Shoba
An interdict aimed at preventing Black First Land First from occupying farmland in the Western Cape was lodged against the party in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.
BLF chose to represent itself in court. BLF president Andile Mngxitama was not present at the hearing. He was attending a simultaneous BLF hearing at the Equality Court in Johannesburg. Specifically, farm owners received written threats of occupation from BLF members. On such example was a note left at the entrance of Durbanville Hills which read:Durbanville farms are next for our black people to march. April 2019 is our land occupation date. All farm dwellers are to support their land and to now be the owners of the farms and not the slave.” that the political party had not engaged in any unlawful behaviour.
According to Lwana, farm owners are abusing the court system in order to cripple BLF and paint it in a false light.As such, BLF has opted not to contest the interdict.They can interdict us on these farms, we will target the farms that are not listed [in the interdict]. So they will not succeed in stopping us from occupying land,” she said.“
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