Those who saw Ken Eva bludgeoned to death generally agree that the white farm manager sealed his fate with the first few words of his ultimatum to hundreds of fearful and hostile black villagers living on the New Venture fruit farm. Eva began by accusing the eSibhonsweni villagers, deep in KwaZulu-Natal province, of occupying other people's land because they are living on property to which the farm's white owners hold the title deeds. "There was uproar after the first sentence when he called them land invaders," said the Rev Bhekithemba Buthelezi, who attended as a mediator.The manager demanded that the villagers pay substantial fees to graze livestock and plant crops on soil they say their families have used for generations. Some are even buried there....
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