A South African court has halted construction of Amazon’s new Africa headquarters after some descendants of the country’s earliest inhabitants said the land it would be built on was sacred.
Highlights
- South African court has halted construction of Amazon’s new Africa headquarters.
- Some descendants of the country’�s earliest inhabitants said the land it would be built on was sacred.
- The Western Cape division of the High Court interdicted the project developer from continuing with works at the Cape Town site.
- The Khoi and San were the earliest inhabitants of South Africa, the latter roaming as hunter gatherers for tens of thousands of years, and the former joining them as pastoralists more than 2,000 years ago.
- Amazon already employs thousands of people in data hubs in Cape Town, and with over a third of South Africans unemployed authorities are keen to encourage foreign investment.