Community Advocacy group ACT NOW is backing the call from the SABL Commission of Inquiry for Prime Minister Peter O’Neill to immediately revoke illegal SABL leases.
ACT NOW Program Manager Effrey Dademo said there should be no excuses for the government to sit on the commission’s recommendations which were presented 6 months ago.
The Commission of Inquiry conducted a thorough investigation and found the SABL leases were illegal. The Prime Minister has accepted the Commission’s finding but has not acted to revoke the illegal leases as recommended in the report.
Ms Dademo said, it is outrageous for the government to ignore the inquiry’s findings and not acting to restore land, to the people from whom he has stolen.
She says, people across the country are infuriated by the lack of government action and respond to this matter.
The Commission revealed that the SABL lease process has been abused and customary land were taken without landowners consent.
A total of 5 million hectares of land is affected by illegal leases most of which were for a term of 99 years.
