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Some Khoi and San say project threatens heritage
Developers say project underwent public approval procedure
By Wendell Roelf
CAPE TOWN, June 3 (Reuters) - For the Khoi and San - South Africa s first inhabitants - a verdant patch of land in Cape Town embodies victory and tragedy.
The two communities drove back cattle-raiding Portuguese soldiers there in 1510. But, a century and a half later, it was where Dutch settlers launched a campaign of land dispossession.
Today it is again the scene of another conflict, this time over a development where construction is due to begin this month and which will eventually be home to a new 70,000-square metre Africa headquarters for U.S. retail giant Amazon. ....

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Heritage dispute engulfs site chosen for Amazon's new African HQ


Heritage dispute engulfs site chosen for Amazon’s new African HQ
Reuters
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By Wendell Roelf
By Wendell Roelf
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - For the Khoi and San - South Africa s first inhabitants - a verdant patch of land in Cape Town embodies victory and tragedy.
The two communities drove back cattle-raiding Portuguese soldiers there in 1510. But, a century and a half later, it was where Dutch settlers launched a campaign of land dispossession.
Today it is again the scene of another conflict, this time over a development where construction is due to begin this month and which will eventually be home to a new 70,000-square metre Africa headquarters for U.S. retail giant Amazon. ....

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