Click here to read the full judgment on Saflii

Delivered: This judgment was handed down electronically by circulation to the parties’ legal representatives by email, publication on the Supreme Court of Appeal website and release to SAFLII. The date and time for hand-down is deemed to be 12H00 on 02 June 2020

Summary: Land restitution – meaning of ‘community’ as envisaged in s 2(1)(d) of the Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994 restated – no evidence of previous occupation of claimed land by the appellant community – appeal dismissed.