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South Africa court releases impounded Air Tanzania plane

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South Africa court releases impounded Air Tanzania plane

An Air Tanzania plane. South Africa has impounded a plane belonging to Tanzania's national carrier over a farmer's $33-million compensation claim for his land which the Tanzanian government nationalised decades ago. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

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A South African court on Wednesday ordered the release of an Air Tanzania jet after it was impounded over a farmer’s $33-million compensation claim, Tanzania’s government said.

The Air Tanzania aircraft was seized in August at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport after it landed on a flight from the Tanzanian economic capital Dar-es Salaam.

The seizure related to case dating back to the 1980s from a farmer who for years has sought his claims of compensation for a Tanzanian government nationalisation of his private farm.

Tanzanian Foreign Minister Palamagamba Kabudi said the South African court impounded the plane on August 21 in a special procedure, without hearing the Tanzanian government side.

“The judgment (by which the seizure was ordered) was cancelled after the court heard our arguments,” Kabudi said at a press conference.

The aircraft landed Wednesday evening at Dar-es Salaam airport, where several ministers were waiting, according to images broadcast on local television.

“This is a victory for Tanzania and the judge has concluded that the South African judiciary is not competent to order such (a) seizure,” Deputy Foreign Minister Damas Ndumbaro said.

Lawyer Roger Wakefield, representing the farmer, said the initial seizure followed an order granted by the High Court in Johannesburg.

In the 1980s, Tanzania’s government nationalised a massive, privately-owned bean and seed farm, seizing everything including equipment, 250 cars and 12 small planes.

The Namibian-born Tanzanian farm owner, who the lawyer refused to name, was awarded $33 million (almost 30 million euros) in compensation in the 1990s — but the government only paid $20 million.

The outstanding balance of $16 million has accrued interest over the decades and now stands at $33 million, according to the lawyer.

The farmer has been fighting for decades to get the outstanding amount and had approached South African lawyers in a bid to get payment.

The farmer was declared a prohibited immigrant in Tanzania on what his lawyer called “baseless grounds”. He has since been living in another East African country.

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