Bulelwa Payi – 20 March 2022 Cape Town – The Western Cape High Court has granted South Africa’s indigenous people an interim interdict against a major Amazon-backed development on a sacred site along the banks of the Black River in Observatory. The court’s decision, delivered before the commemoration of Human Rights Day, effectively puts a…
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High court suspends building of new Amazon headquarters in Cape Town
Felix Njini and Loni Prinsloo – 20 March 2022 South Africa’s High Court has temporarily halted construction of Amazon’s planned new Africa headquarters in Cape Town and ordered the company to consult with indigenous people who say the site is sacred land. Building work should cease immediately and developer Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust must undertake…