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Speaker Thoko Didiza faces potential imprisonment if she does not comply with a land redistribution order.
Manage episode 426115044 series 3361753
Yesterday, the Western Cape High found in favour of three farmers from Beaufort West, holding the former Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform, Thoko Didiza and some of her departmental officials in contempt of court for failing to place them in possession of two farms on which they have been farming since 2017. The court ordered the former Minister and her departmental officials to restore possession of the farms to the applicants within 30 days, failing which they will be committed to prison for a period of 30 days. The three farmers are represented by the Legal Resources Centre.
GUEST: Cecile Van Schalkwyk, Senior attorney at the Legal Resources Centre
9099 episodes
Manage episode 426115044 series 3361753
Yesterday, the Western Cape High found in favour of three farmers from Beaufort West, holding the former Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform, Thoko Didiza and some of her departmental officials in contempt of court for failing to place them in possession of two farms on which they have been farming since 2017. The court ordered the former Minister and her departmental officials to restore possession of the farms to the applicants within 30 days, failing which they will be committed to prison for a period of 30 days. The three farmers are represented by the Legal Resources Centre.
GUEST: Cecile Van Schalkwyk, Senior attorney at the Legal Resources Centre
9099 episodes
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