Old Biscuit Mill distances itself from evictions order
The Old Biscuit Mill in Woodstock, Cape Town, has distanced itself from a court order granted to evict 28 families from a row of houses in nearby Bromwell Street, says a Cape Times report. One of the directors of Standard Mills, which owns the Old Biscuit Mill, said the company had no interest in evicting families from Woodstock and that the action went against their ethos.
The tenants have been given until 9 September to vacate the row of houses after the new owners – who bought the property in 2014 – won an eviction order in July. Keri Hattingh, the legal adviser for the Woodstock Hub and the Blok, said she did not owe the media any explanation for the planned eviction. ‘The process we’ve followed is a very, very long route and the law is a very fair process.’
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See also ‘Old Biscuit Mill is not involved in Bromwell Road evictions’
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