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Heritage land dispute over Amazon's new Africa HQ goes to court

Trees line the banks of the historically significant Liesbeek River in Cape Town, South Africa.  [Reuters]

Groups representing the descendants of South Africa's earliest inhabitants, the Khoi and San, went to court on Wednesday to try to halt construction of Amazon's new 70,000-square metre Africa headquarters on land they regard as sacred.

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