Court dismisses Papiesfontein land invader’s protection order appeal

Wayne Petersen’s call for magistrate to set aside earlier ruling prohibiting him from harassing eco-group chair thrown out with costs

Members of a specialised environmental team can finally continue their research into an endemic Papiesfontein plant after the Humansdorp magistrate’s court granted them a final protection order against a Kouga councillor who has laid claim to the land.

The order also contains a warrant of arrest that can be immediately implemented against Wayne Petersen, with whom the Kabeljous Reserve Action Group (Krag) has had several run-ins, if he transgresses it...

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