Former Rural Development and Land Reform minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane was hit with a personal costs order on Friday after the department failed to comply with a court order to draft a plan to redevelop District Six.
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 and her department were hauled to court by District Six land claimants after they missed a February court deadline to compile a comprehensive plan to redevelop the area.
Nkoana-Mashabane explained that it became clear at the end of February that there were time, legal, and finance challenges regarding a comprehensive plan for the restitution of District Six.She said she should have asked for an extension sooner, but had the intention and willingness to fully comply. The court heard that, while the redevelopment of District Six would cost around R11bn and restitution around R2.4bn, the department could only afford to spend R351m a year.
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