Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Paarl residents get back land lost during Apartheid

By Rhodé Marshall
30 January 2008

Western Cape Transport and Public Works MEC Marius Fransman says that the eight year wait for land restitution by 400 Paarl residents who were forcibly removed from their property under the Apartheid government is almost over.

The land was turned into two hockey fields for the 148-year-old La Rochelle Girls High School.

This week a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by the Hockey Field Claimants (acting on the behalf of the residents), the provincial Department of Transport and Public Works, provincial Department of Education, National Department of Land Affairs and the Drakenstein Municipality.

“I’m thrilled, it’s an historic occasion. What we’re talking about here is prime land, more than two hectares in extent, in the centre of the city centre. Its estimated value is R10 million,” says MEC Fransman.

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