“Their lawyers wrote us a letter and requiring a list of people who we think are not listed. We didn’t give them a list because they want to register those people pretending that those people’s names had long been on the list,” he continued. He also outlined that the letter from the lawyers also stated that the beneficiaries must not talk to the two but they should talk to their lawyers instead. Mawelela told Nkomazi Voice that the time to reveal the list of those registered has not come. He alleges that the document contains errors for which they are not responsible. He attributes the fault to the Department of Land Affairs. “The time will come when we will paste the list of registered people at churches, streets corners, schools and other places,” he said.

“Mbatha told us to pay R10 per month if we want to get back our land. I, David Thobela and six of my family members started paying that R10 per month to him since 2005. Last year he ordered us to pay R400 each to open accounts to receive funds from the government but we have not received anything yet. We are not registered as Tenbosch claimants though we are genuine beneficiaries,” said one of the beneficiaries during the meeting on Saturday. He also outlined that besides his family members, there are other people who have been paying large amounts Mbatha. Mbatha didn’t comment when this journalist interviewed him. He said the journalist should talk to his lawyers instead.