Wanted: most of Tzaneen’s land

WANTED: CBD, PRIME RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND PART OF INDUSTRIAL AREA

One area covers 102 2519ha, including Medi Park, Fauna Park, Sentra Park.

The Tzaneen central business district, top residential properties, and a large part of the industrial area form part of a land claim for restitution – confirming fears that land claims with or without compensation are not being limited to agricultural land, reports Letaba Herald.

The department of rural development and land reform published in the Government Gazette an amendment to Notice 946 of 2002, whereby three individual claimants have lodged land claims for restitution of land rights on portions of land that are located within the farm Pusela 555LT.

Pusela 555LT once existed as a one-piece property on which the town of Tzaneen was established.

Preliminary investigations by the regional land claims commissioner: Limpopo indicate that the claimants were dispossessed of land rights such as Portion 0, Portion 1, and Portion 10 of ERF 2290 of Tzaneen extension 11, Tzaneen extension 4 and Portion 4 of ERF 3366 of Tzaneen extension 22.

The portions of ERF 2290 and ERF 3366 consist of four industrial properties covering 11 568m2 in the old industrial area. With regard to the properties in Tzaneen extension 4, it is, however, a totally different scenario.

The area covers 102 2519ha, which include Medi Park, Fauna Park, and Sentra Park.

Within these perimeters are 192 residential stands, 57 business stands, 14 municipal properties, four state-owned properties, eight vacant stands, two public benefit stands, and seven properties registered as owned by religious groups or churches.

Minitzani and its bordering park, a large portion of Laerskool Tzaneen, and the Van Velden Hospital are all situated within these perimeters.