BUFFELSPRUIT – Buhle Buyeza farmers sense faulty play by one of their members and the Matsamo Tribal Authority.

According Chairperson of the trust Johan Manzini, one of their members, who is a secretary of the trust, Jane Mahlalela has betrayed them. Bystanders envisaged that Mahlalela and other members want the land next to Matsamo Plaza to be a grazing land while the initial intend of the land was to plough sugar cane. Some livestock famers also claim that they took their money so that their cattle can graze. This issue came to the attention of the Nkomazi Voice after last week’s publication where the farmers were summoned to appear in court regarding the land.

According to documents imposition of this paper the late Chief Jonson Shongwe authorized the Buhle Buyeza to take the 234 hectors land and the trust had 39 members, the documents states that the Tribal councilors have no objection on that issue. It was then discovered that the land is not suitable for sugar cane, “After we saw that the land that it’s not suitable for sugar cane we then resorted to use it as a development site, building stands and create employment for the youth that is stricken by unemployment,” said Manzini.

Manzini also stated that the land is next to the Plaza therefore it will not be a good idea to let it a grazing place as that will cause accidents to motorists and will also be a home for thugs who rob people at the plaza. According to statistics in the local police station the area is a hot spot for crime as thugs commits crime in the Plaza and run to the bushes nearby. “Everyone can see that the place is not good for grazing therefore this is making us to sense betrayal from the tribal office which is now turning against us, meanwhile the land is ours,” said the trust’s treasure Laurence Moosa.