Expert welcomes PIE Amendment Bill

With SA being closer to a radical overhaul of its eviction laws as the Department of Human Settlements officially gazettes the Illegal Eviction and Unlawful Occupation of Land (PIE) Amendment Bill, we are moving from a system of ‘eviction at all costs’ to one of ‘regulated resolution’.

End of the legal road for District Six families

It is likely the end of the legal road for five District Six families who have spent years in the courts to stop their eviction from Victorian cottages in Searle Street which survived apartheid-era demolitions, reports GroundUp.

Couple loses dispute over periodic lease

A couple has been ordered to pay their landlord over R440 000 after they continued to live in a property in Randburg without paying rent, reports The Star.

District Six pensioner wins ‘constitutionally significant’ case

Nearly six decades after bulldozers ravaged District Six, 78-year-old Noor-Banu Allie has once again been forced to fight for her right to remain in the community she calls home.

Rental law changes in pipeline

Property owners and tenants will be affected by the recent updates to the Rental Housing Act, reports The Mercury.

Heritage museum spat heads to court

The Lesedi Local Municipality wants lawyer and businessman Bouwe Wiersma out of the Heidelberg Heritage Museum and is going to court to make it happen, reports City Press.

Country club heads to court over lease dispute

Johannesburg’s Killarney Country Club is gearing up for a legal brawl over the cancellation of its lease. With membership fees of up to R26 500 a year, the 96-year-old golf course is in a prime location.

Landlords flag ‘bad-faith’ tenants

SA’s legal framework – anchored by the Rental Housing Act – was crafted to shield vulnerable tenants from exploitation and arbitrary eviction. Yet, as property owners in Stellenbosch and beyond are discovering, the pendulum may have swung too far, exposing landlords to a new set of risks.

Belhar housing eviction appeal set aside

An application for leave to appeal an eviction from the Belhar Housing Project has been set aside by the Western Cape High Court, with lawyers of the five occupants ordered to pay legal costs after abandoning the application.

Eviction order for 'squatting' homeowner after sale

The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) has ordered a woman, who had sold her Northcliff home but refused to move out and had also brought in another family to squat on the property, to vacate the premises.

Mpofu evicts sister-in-law from Houghton home

Advocate Dali Mpofu SC and his wife Mpumi have obtained an eviction order to remove his sister-in-law, Nomathamsanqa Vallihu, out of their Houghton home, reports City Press.

Sparks fly over faulty distribution board

An American businessman and his landlord are clashing over an eviction and asset seizure when the businessman withheld his rent at a luxury Lowveld estate.

Mother ordered to vacate rented home

Charlene van Wyk (47), who owes her landlord and refused to leave his property, has been given three months to find alternative accommodation.

Unemployed tenant digs his heels in

A Durban businessman who has been living rent-free for more than two years in a R12m Umhlanga penthouse has applied for leave to appeal an eviction order in a bid to extend his stay.

Legal row over Mall of Africa lease contract

A possible legal battle hangs over the Mall of Africa shopping centre in Midrand after a lapsed rental lease was not renewed for a popular clothing brand this month, reports TimesLIVE.

Municipality chastised over treatment of possible evictee

KZN High Court (Durban) Judge Robin Mossop, faced with an application which could see a mother and her three young children on the streets, has ruled the mother is entitled to assistance in her ‘moment of need’ from the entity burdened to provide that assistance.

Department intends evicting ‘unlawful’ flat occupants

The Gauteng Department of Human Settlements plans to pursue an eviction order against 500 residents in three blocks of government-owned flats in Extension 22 in Mamelodi East, Tshwane who have unlawfuly occupied the building, reports GroundUp.

Tenant wins load shedding spoliation dispute

In a significant ruling, the Western Cape High Court has ordered the owners of a shopping centre to allow a gym to use its generator during load shedding.

Tenant gets no support to evict ex-partner

A legal tenant at a City of Cape Town-owned property is struggling to receive support from officials to evict individuals who have occupied the flat.

Cape Flats eviction case heads to court

Hundreds of people living on land earmarked for the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) are heading to court later this month to fight their eviction.