Implats faces compensation claim

A family in North West province wants millions of rands from Impala Platinum (Implats), claiming the mining company has used their land for 36 years without any compensation, according to a report yesterday. The land is apparently worth R40 million, Beeld reported. The impoverished Motsuenyane family’s portion of land, on the farm Wildebeestfontein, which belongs to the estate of Priscilla Motsuenyane, has been occupied by mining activities, an informal settlement and other industries linked to the mine. Priscilla Motsuenyane died in 1963, but in 2011 her heirs’ legal team lodged an appeal with the Minister of Mineral Resources. Implats has denied any wrongdoing. – Sapa