APPROVED IDP DOC 2011-16.BA PHALABORWA.pdf

Maenetja and Balapye-Kgoatla communities are claiming 22 adjoining farms in the western
part of the Municipal area.
The abovementioned claims are reflected on the Ba-Phalaborwa Land Claims Map (see next page).
The claims are on 77 farms out of the total 101 farms in the municipal area. In some cases different
communities are claiming the same farm(s). The land restoration process to community property
associations (CPAs) has been completed on fourteen farms (11 farms for the Mashishimale
community during 2005 and 3 farms for Selwane during 2006). The willingness of the owners to sell
expedited the process.
The Settlement Support and Development Unit within the Regional Land Claims Commission is
providing limited assistance to the CPAs. The provision of support was never intended to be a
function of the Land Claims Commissioner’s Office, but has become a practical necessity. The
Mashishimale community has been identified as a pilot project for the sustainable Restitution
Support Programme that will be managed by the University of Pretoria from August 2007 to
December 2008.
The tables below provide some information on the Mashishimale Selwane land claims. All the other
claims are still under investigation. The view of the Regional Land Claims Commissioner is that Ba-
Phalaborwa Municipality should play a more active role in resolving conflicts among claimants and
facilitating agreements among them within the context of a development strategy that is beneficial
for all stakeholders.
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