Royal bid to claim swathe of Kruger Park

A Limpopo royal family has vowed to legally challenge the government for rejecting its land claim, in which it was demanding the ownership of a huge portion of the Kruger National Park (KNP).

- Masoka Dube

Chief Patrick Hlongwane from Mxiyani royal family, based in Giyani, said the family's claim launched in 1998 was rejected in 2010 on the ground that the land was seized before 1913, regardless of all the evidence provided.

Currently, the government only allows communities and families whose land was seized after the promulgations of the Natives Land Act to claim it back.