Tue, 03 Oct 2017 08:59:37 +0000 By VIOLET TEMBO MINISTER of Lands and Natural Resources Jean Kapata has directed that the 5,000 settlers at the Old Regiment settlement in Ndola should not be evicted until a social survey is conducted and compensation agreed on. The pending eviction comes in the wake of a letter from Inter Africa Petroleum and a Lusaka-based law firm, urging the settlers to vacate the area. But Ms Kapata said in Ndola that nobody had the right to displace anyone from anyplace. “Where people are putting up development, a social survey must be done. At no time should people be displaced in this country unless you (the developer) conduct a social survey. “If something has to do with development, compensation comes. PF is a pro-poor party and 5,000 is a huge number to be displaced and we will not allow such,” she said. And Ndola Town clerk Wisdom Bwalya said […]
Mass evictions blocked … Minister halts exercise, demands compensation
