The land invasion drama at Papiesfontein near Jeffreys Bay unfolded further at the weekend with the newly formed Greater Kabeljous Partnership cutting off a gate lock installed by Kouga ANC councillor Wayne Petersen, accused of occupying the land illegally, and leading a site visit walk through the area.
Members of a specialised environmental team can finally continue their research into an endemic Papiesfontein plant after the Humansdorp magistrate’s court granted them a final protection order against a Kouga councillor who has laid claim to the land.
It is hard to picture elephants striding across the small Kabeljous Nature Reserve in Jeffreys Bay, but a new find has proved that was exactly the case centuries ago.