Many owners of property in villages established by freed Africans have lost titles to their land unsuspectingly, according to remigrant Weusi Tafawa.
Tafawa appeared before the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on ancestral land matters last Thursday, when he claimed that he was a victim of land theft, and suggested that there are many other people like him who have been victims of crimes of a similar nature.
He cited his case as an example when he appeared before the tribunal.
Tafawa said that his mother had been in possession of land in Buxton for 30 years and related that his sister had occupied the house on the property for the past 12. He said that based on records he retrieved, his mother had been the only one documented as having paid rates and taxes for the property but added that the taxes have since been paid up to date.
