Riyaz Patel
The Western Cape High Court has found South Africa’s former Land Reform Minister in contempt of court for not drafting up a comprehensive plan to return former residents to the historic neighbourhood of District Six.
Acting judge president of the Land Claims Court, Yasmin Meer, said Maite Nkoana-Mashabane had been “grossly unreasonable” in discharging her duties.
The department, currently headed by new minister Thoko Didiza, was found to have failed to comply with the order, but the personal costs order was issued on Nkoana-Mashabane, who was minister at the time of the complaint.
Nkoana-Mashabane is now Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and People with Disabilities.
She was ordered to pay the costs of counsel from April 17 from her own pocket.
Nkoana-Mashabane and her department were hauled to court by District Six land claimants after they missed a February court deadline to compile a comprehensive plan
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