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Hundreds of people have invaded land belonging to the Uniting Reformed Church outside Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, SABC news reported on Tuesday.

Church representatives said the invaders formed a committee which had divided the 57ha of land and were selling it for R7 000 per site, the broadcaster said.

The church has already applied for an eviction order which was served on some of the invaders last Friday.

Some people still remained on the land by Tuesday, erecting buildings on the plots.

A member of the invaders' committee, Jonas Ntsabile, claimed right to the land dating back 150 years.

He disputed selling the land, saying the community was taking back what was taken from them years ago by the Dutch Reformed Church and white farmers.

"It was taken by force and grabbed by missionaries. People have taken the decision to go back and occupy their forefathers' land as beneficiaries.

"There is no selling of land whatsoever."

On Monday, another group of people invaded private land in Hilton outside Pietermaritzburg, claiming it belonged to ANC Youth League president Julius Malema.

One of the leaders was allegedly selling off plots, claiming he was entitled to do so because "the land belonged to the Zulu people".

The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg has since interdicted the respondent, Philani Bha Ndlovu, or anyone acting for him, from entering the property until finalisation of the matter on November 21.
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Link : http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/100s-invade-land-in-Eastern-Cape-report-20111101

Where would they get the idea to take something that's not theirs? It's not like someone would incite such a radical idea.

Thieving criminals. :mad:
 
Sounds identical to what that ex top cop who was on Carte Blanche was doing, but in a completely different province. Seems there is an organised, national body encouraging/promoting this. It doesn't take a game of twenty guesses to shortlist the possible culprits.

This is the beginning of a very slippery and serious slope and requires the president to get involved...
 
Same happening at hammanskraal. Brothers robbing brothers. Thanx to a spineless president and his puppet master.
 
Why oh why is this country turning me from a pacifist hippie, into a monster who wants to shoot people in the face? :mad:
 
I doubt anything decisive will be done.

copacetic said:
Why oh why is this country turning me from a pacifist hippie, into a monster who wants to shoot people in the face? :mad:
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Because no one should be pacifist :D

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copacetic said:
Why oh why is this country turning me from a pacifist hippie, into a monster who wants to shoot people in the face? :mad:
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:o happened to me a few years ago. Stupid people work on my serial killer gene.. :twisted:
( not forgetting the mass murderer gene that has become difficult to ignore)
 
VioAdmin said:
So it begins...
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It never ended,

issues like this reminds me of PW Botha's response after 1994 in his last interview, he was asked whether or not he think South Africa would have gone up in flames and end in a bloodbath, his response was no, he said that South Africa has always throughout its history had series of violences.

This is nothing new.
 
copacetic said:
Why oh why is this country turning me from a pacifist hippie, into a monster who wants to shoot people in the face? :mad:
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That is why I left. Life seems much more normal and pleasant when I don't have these urges 10 times a day. I cant describe the peace it gives to know that my future children will not have an angry, ill-tempered, road raging, lunatic for a father. Now they will just have a lunatic :twisted:
 
i think we all see the problems, but many want to be positive. But yes we need to start addreassing the issues now.
 
150 years is way too long ago to be making a land claim
 
I think its finally time for the rest of us to pack our bags and go. Living in this environment is becoming overly unpleasant with no real signs of it getting better. It's hard not to be become racist when a particular race group is destroying the country bit by bit.
 
Am I incorrect in thinking that even before the Zulus owned the land, other people did like the San people.
 
Nicodeamus said:
It never ended,

issues like this reminds me of PW Botha's response after 1994 in his last interview, he was asked whether or not he think South Africa would have gone up in flames and end in a bloodbath, his response was no, he said that South Africa has always throughout its history had series of violences.

This is nothing new.
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Iirc, he also asked said if the whites gave up power 50 years ago we would be in the same situation as other African countries.

This seems to be true.

A lot of people thought giving the natives education would help, but this is not the case.

I know of many black engineers that still support Malema and his policies.

Just look at how many educated black people there are on this forum and they also support Malema and his policies.
 
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