BLF prays to ‘black God’ for fire on Rupert-owned Franschhoek farms
The Black First Land First movement (BLF) could be slapped with an interdict to stop it from occupying one of the country’s most prestigious farms. The farm‚ in Franschhoek‚ is linked to businessman Johann Rupert — ranked by Forbes as SA’s second richest man. The L’Ormarins (Pty) Ltd legal team has said it became aware that the BLF was considering an unlawful land invasion of the farm properties. "As a precaution the [Western Cape] High Court was approached for an interim interdict late last year to prevent such an invasion. The interim interdict was granted without opposition by the BLF and its office bearers‚" a statement to TimesLIVE read. Lawyers expected the interdict to be made "final in court" on Tuesday. BLF president Andile Mngxitama said the organisation would not oppose the "silly application ... [because he says] we must not be allowed near his farm‚ and not break the law. We have no intention of breaking the law‚ we are correcting an injustice. We are addressing histori...
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