There had been contentious issues in KwaZulu-Natal with the Ingonyama Trust and the Adams mission. Transnet had appointed teams to speak with community leaders and landowners, as it was clear that some tenant farmers, although they may have been allocated land, had no ownership rights and did not understand that position as there was insufficient communication by indunas. Transnet hoped that continued engagement would ease the situation. In one area, the community had forced Transnet's contractors to leave, and one contractor had left a trench exposed and not properly secured, resulting in the drowning of two children. Transnet had set up a board of inquiry into this incident and was awaiting the report. It was unfortunate that this happened when Transnet was trying to improve relationships. There was now an area of about 20 km from which the contractors had withdrawn their teams, but they were continuing to work on other areas and were hoping to move in time.