Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation comments on racial tension concerns in Hartebeespoort

HARTBEESPOORT - Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, David Mahlobo, hosted an engagement on Monday with individuals and companies that have an interest in the land around Hartbeespoort dam.

It follows a protracted racial row between the occupiers of state-owned land around the dam.

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Black business owners claim they have been marginalised and denied access to the dam’s shoreline.

A black-owned restaurant was set alight, allegedly by an elderly white man.

The Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, David Mahlobo discussed the engagement with eNCA.