DONATION REQUEST: RESTORATIVE SOCIAL JUSTICE ON DAANTJIE COMMUNITY LAND CLAIM

DONATION TOWARDS RESTORATIVE SOCIAL JUSTICE ON DAANTJIE COMMUNITY LAND CLAIM CASE NUMBER: LCC38/2022 & LCC38/2022B LAND CLAIMS COURT, JOHANNESBURG

1. This community was historically dispossessed and forcefully removed from their ancestral land in terms of the Land Act of June 1912 on the below-mentioned farms: Farm Excelsior 211 JU; Caraceto 223 JU; Weltervrede 210 JU.
2. The community lodged its community land claim in terms of section 10(1) of the Restitution of Land Rights Act No. 22 of 1994 prior to December 31, 1998, with the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights.
3. The Community land claim was gazetted in terms of section 11(1) of the Restitution of Land Rights Act No. 22 of 1994 in August 2007 as valid and legitimate.
4. In terms of section 24(1) of the Restitution of Land Rights Act No. 22 of 1994, the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights is required and/or enjoined to support community land claimants to pursue restorative social justice.
5. It has been almost thirty years of constitutional democratic dispensation, and the land has not been restored to them.
6. The Department of Agriculture purchased these three farms for an amount of R98,360,000.00 (Ninety-Eight Million Three Hundred and Sixty Thousand Rand).
7. To date, as of April 2024, almost twenty-six years have passed, and the three farms have not been restored to Mr. Aaron Shibongo, who lodged the community land claim, despite the government having paid R98,360,000.00.
8. Instead, the previous white farm owners are staying and farming on the farms and paying monthly rent to the Mpakeni Mlangeni Communal Property Association (CPA), managed and run by unscrupulous Commission officials.
9. It has been almost a year that I have been pursuing the community case pro bono at the Land Claims court purely from my own meager and non-existent financial resources.

Request for donations:

10. Many community members have passed away during the intervening period [prior to December 31, 1998, to date] without their dignity being affirmed and restored.
11. On behalf of Mr. Aaron Shibongo, donations are humbly requested to pursue restorative social justice and affirm human rights as enshrined in chapter two of the Constitution Act 108 of 1996 for the following: Miscellaneous expenses: (i) Printer paper, cartridges (office stationery). (ii) Transport for court appearances and community engagements. (iii) Petrol/toll fees. (iv) Hotel accommodation.

Thank you,

Executive Director,

Adv NE Malgas

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