The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has removed illegal water connections on the Churchill Dam-Bay bulk pipeline installed at Papiesfontein by the group that has allegedly illegally occupied the land.
The land invasion drama at Papiesfontein near Jeffreys Bay unfolded further at the weekend with the newly formed Greater Kabeljous Partnership cutting off a gate lock installed by Kouga ANC councillor Wayne Petersen, accused of occupying the land illegally, and leading a site visit walk through the area.
Members of a specialised environmental team can finally continue their research into an endemic Papiesfontein plant after the Humansdorp magistrate’s court granted them a final protection order against a Kouga councillor who has laid claim to the land.
A needle-in-a-haystack hunt for a threatened missing raptor ended in triumph and sadness and highlighted again the problems caused by the Papiesfontein land invasion.