Voëlvlei Dam
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Voëlvlei Dam is dam in South Africa
. It was established in 1971.
The history of Voelvlei Dam located near Gouda in the Western Cape of South Africa date back for a thousand years or more. The dam have a large natural depression which collect water from the mountains located on the eastern side of the dam.
Since 1734 the farm which currently is known as Voelvlei Dam belonged to the Walters family which were of German descent.The farms consist of farms 207,200 and portion 1 of 252. They farms include the mountain and cut right through the middle of the dam.In 1948 the government of General Jannie Smuts by a proclamation No 131 of 1947 expropriated the land and the farm for the Bergriver Irrigation Scheme. The state paid compensation to the Walters family in the amount of £44,000 and the Voggelvlei Quarries (Pty) Ltd which bought the remained of Voelvlei in 1946 for £48,000.
The Walters family never agreed to sell or ever signed a contract but the compensation was paid when the negotiation broke down completely between the State and the family. After the family where given six months to leave the farms they bought two farms right next to Voelvlei Dam known today as Bosplaas.
Since 1950 till 2010 the Walters family had a long standing dispute with the then Nationalist government which came into power in 1948 through there Apartheid policies.After South Africa became a democratic country in 1994 the son of the owner of Voelvlei instituted a land claim under the Land Restitution Act to seek a redress of the past injustices regarding the expropriation of the farms and under the new Bill of Rights which is protected through the Constitution passed in 1996 which became the supreme law of the Republic of South Africa.
Since the land was expropriated in 1948 by the Union of South Africa the land where transferred into the name of the Republic of South Africa in 1961 and currently still belong and are owned by the Republic of South Africa under Title deed 20006/1948.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. It was established in 1971.
The history of Voelvlei Dam located near Gouda in the Western Cape of South Africa date back for a thousand years or more. The dam have a large natural depression which collect water from the mountains located on the eastern side of the dam.
Since 1734 the farm which currently is known as Voelvlei Dam belonged to the Walters family which were of German descent.The farms consist of farms 207,200 and portion 1 of 252. They farms include the mountain and cut right through the middle of the dam.In 1948 the government of General Jannie Smuts by a proclamation No 131 of 1947 expropriated the land and the farm for the Bergriver Irrigation Scheme. The state paid compensation to the Walters family in the amount of £44,000 and the Voggelvlei Quarries (Pty) Ltd which bought the remained of Voelvlei in 1946 for £48,000.
The Walters family never agreed to sell or ever signed a contract but the compensation was paid when the negotiation broke down completely between the State and the family. After the family where given six months to leave the farms they bought two farms right next to Voelvlei Dam known today as Bosplaas.
Since 1950 till 2010 the Walters family had a long standing dispute with the then Nationalist government which came into power in 1948 through there Apartheid policies.After South Africa became a democratic country in 1994 the son of the owner of Voelvlei instituted a land claim under the Land Restitution Act to seek a redress of the past injustices regarding the expropriation of the farms and under the new Bill of Rights which is protected through the Constitution passed in 1996 which became the supreme law of the Republic of South Africa.
Since the land was expropriated in 1948 by the Union of South Africa the land where transferred into the name of the Republic of South Africa in 1961 and currently still belong and are owned by the Republic of South Africa under Title deed 20006/1948.