Coming in to land: Delays from officialdom result in the ruin of once-prosperous but now unworked land-reform farms
Wild Coast on knife’s edge over mining plans
Wild Coast residents and landowners have been promised billions if an Australian operation is allowed to mine the communal land, but the shady dealings of the empowerment company involved have roused suspicions. With government about to rule on the mining application, Stephan Hofstätter unravels the murky deal.
Farmer’s Weekly’s efforts to get to the bottom of the Qamata irrigation scheme’s failure to rise from the ashes, despite millions of rand being lavished on its revival, have raised more disturbing questions than answers – including why Eastern Cape MEC Gugile Nkwinti appears reluctant to heed an auditor’s recommendation for a forensic probe into the scheme’s finances. Stephan Hofstätter investigates the root of the rot.
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