The World - News from Sept. 20, 1985
South Africa’s highest court ruled that the forced removal of 300 black farm families from Mogope early in 1984 was illegal. Lawyers said it is uncertain whether the families can return to their ancestral land 120 miles west of Johannesburg but that the unanimous ruling does mean that no more such forced removals from “black spot” villages can be ordered without approval of Parliament. Forced removals to tribal homelands have been one of the most criticized aspects of apartheid.
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