Our David vs Goliath case will be heard tomorrow at the North West High Court.

The Lesetlheng Village Community court battle with Pilanesberg Platinum Mine (PPM) which has since brought an eviction application against it. The mine bases its application on the claim that the informal land rights (if any) held by the community over the farm were extinguished when the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela tribe in 2008 resolved to enter into a surface lease agreement with IBMR. The mine argues that in any case, its rights as the mining right holder take precedence over the informal land right holder. The community, on the other hand, challenges the validity of the mining right that was granted over the farm in the first instance and subsequently ceded to PPM on the basis that the community members whose forefathers actually bought the farm were not consulted as the owners. The community declares that they are the true owners of the farm and therefore cannot be evicted by the mine. Read more on the case here: http://bit.ly/2dVN3ot