Farmers reject Land Board compensation guidelines

During the consultation meeting organised by Morupule Coal Mine (MCM) last week, the affected farmers noted that the compensation rates used by the Land Board are the same as the ones used for those making way for residential plots. They would rather be given special compensation.

“We are being evicted from our ploughing fields to make way for the mine, so we don’t expect to be compensated by the Land Board with their compensation rates, we should be compensated by the mine with the mine compensation rates,” said one of the farmers.