Mokono could not confirm the claim that Sakeliga had served the rural development and land reform department with an application requesting the list, which Sakeliga’s Armand Greyling said they had indeed done.
But Mokono said this was “unlikely to happen”.
“Until the affected land owner has been served with expropriation notices, what they are asking for is unlikely to happen. We will deal confidentially with people on an individual basis and not as a group; it’s a matter which cannot be made public,” said Mokono.
Sakeliga told Maroela Media on Sunday that they were still being ignored by government, but had seen AfriForum’s list.
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AfriForum has said its list is longer than 139. An examination of it shows that it includes 195 properties. Some of them have been grouped together as one “case” though, according to a report in Maroela Media.
Roets said they trusted their source and felt it was incumbent upon them to make the list public.
It includes the names of farms, their provinces, districts and farm numbers. The owners’ names are, however, not mentioned. AfriForum has therefore asked the public to examine the list and for any farm owners to contact them if they recognise their properties on the list.
Maroela Media was unable to get comment from government about the list and whether it is accurate.
You can see it for yourself here and here. It has been published in Afrikaans.
Parliament’s joint constitutional review committee concluded its provincial public hearings last weekend into whether section 25 of the constitution should be amended to allow for expropriation of land without compensation.