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Following the first major land invasions of 2020 in Tshwane’s Silverlakes and Boschkop areas, business organisation Sakeliga today issued a warning to business and the public to guard against increasingly shrewd land invasion tactics by the EFF.

Over the course of several days this week, small groups of land invaders claiming to be from the EFF attempted to seize land held by developers to the North East of Pretoria. Striking at several sites around Silverlakes and Boschkop in the Tshwane area, invaders sought to clear “stands” on the properties, even naming these future settlements “Winnie Mandela View” with apparently at least three extensions thereto.

EFF reveals new tactics
While swift legal action and co-operation with the police have so far been holding the invaders at bay, increasingly sophisticated invasion tactics are complicating legal action and eviction. We point to two factors to be considered by property owners guarding ag
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According to Sakeliga’s CEO Piet le Roux, the political risk is currently worse than during Jacob Zuma’s reign. In a poll, 25% of respondents indicated that they were already moving portions of their operations to foreign ‘ports’.

A further 24% intend to “relocate” within the next three years. This diversification is seen as a hedging strategy.

Le Roux says that Ramaphosa’s hopes, plans and rhetoric are losing steam and that his term is characterized by social instability, riots, deteriorating business conditions and discriminatory policies such as Black Economic Empowerment.

Political analysts also point out that of all the many jobs that will be created, and the many foreign investments that would come in, just now come from, and it is striking how quiet the president has become over the business

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