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South African court reverses earlier ruling against Amazon’s Africa HQ

South African court reverses earlier ruling against Amazon’s Africa HQ

A South African court has overturned an earlier order halting the construction of Amazon's new African headquarters in Cape Town after some descendants of the country's earliest inhabitants said the land it would be built on was sacred. In March the court agreed to halt the project, saying that in the absence of proper consultation the fundamental right to culture and heritage of indigenous groups, particularly the Khoi and San First Nation peoples, were under threat. The latest judgement allowing construction to continue by a full bench of the Western Cape's High Court was welcomed by developers of the precinct as a…
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