Bouvest 2173 CC and Others v Commission on Restitution of Land Rights and Others (LCC68/2006)
Bouvest 2173 CC and Others v Commission on Restitution of Land Rights and Others (LCC68/2006) [2007] ZALCC 7 (7 May 2007)
The Court found that the Motse community did not exist at the time of dispossession or claim lodgement, and that the claims published in the Government Gazette included farms not claimed by the third, fourth, and fifth respondents. The decision to accept and publish the Motse community claim was not rationally connected to the information before the Commissioner and was not authorised by the Restitution of Land Rights Act. The applicants' review application was brought within the prescribed period after exhausting internal remedies. The Court held that the first and second respondents were no…
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- Restitution Of Land Rights Act
- Administrative Review
- Community Land Claims
- Rationality Test
- Merger Of Claims