Odette Geldenhuys

Odette is a public interest attorney for Webber Wetzel. Throughout her career, she has made many distinguished achievements and has received the following awards: African Law Award 2016 Attorney of the Year 2016 International Bar Association Pro Bono Annual Pro Bono Attorney Award 2016 Cape Town Law Association.

Regarding quarantine, Geldenhuis is working to complete the largest land claims lawsuit in Cape Town West to date. time tried. Along the west coast, the Ebenheser community of 1,800 people is expected to return approximately 1,300 hectares, mostly for grape and vegetable farms.

"So the land ownership belongs to the Ebenheser community, about 40 kilometers from Vredendhal," says Geldenhuis. “So they were deprived of land in 1925 for poor white people. Enjoy most of the benefits of an irrigation system, cheap if not free land, farm equipment and seed support. And some of them worked as agricultural workers on the land that was taken away from them."

Geldenhuis has been studying the Ebenhazer case since 2014. She adds that the Legal Resource Center has been working "hard" since 1998. Now finally the consensus is being reached on issues related to claims.