The high court has halted construction of Amazon.com's new Africa headquarters after some descendants of South Africa's earliest inhabitants said the land it would be built on was sacred.
in Cape Town has halted construction of Amazon.com’s new Africa headquarters after some descendants of South Africa’s earliest inhabitants said the land it would be built on was sacred.
“This matter ultimately concerns the rights of indigenous peoples… The fundamental right to culture and heritage of indigenous groups, more particularly the Khoi and San First Nations Peoples, are under threat in the absence of proper consultation,” judge Patricia Goliath said in her ruling.
Not everyone identifying with the Khoi and San was against the project. An association of Khoi and San who supported it was among the respondents in the case.
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