Court allows evicted families to return
Twenty-seven adults and six children who have been living on the street outside the building in Yeoville‚ Johannesburg‚ from which they were unlawfully evicted almost two weeks ago have been given the right by the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) to return home. This was confirmed by the Legal Resources Centre (LRC)‚ which represented the families, notes a TimesLIVE report.
According to the LRC‚ The Revelation Church of God Investment Company‚ which owns the building‚ unlawfully evicted the residents on 16 November. ‘On 13 November 2016‚ they were presented with an eviction notice; however‚ the notice contained a different address and was not signed. On 16 November at 4am‚ men dressed in plain clothes entered the building and proceeded to order all of the residents to leave. The eviction resulted in injuries to some of the residents‚’ the LRC said.
It added that the residents had asked for a copy of the eviction order to be shown to them‚ which was denied. ‘The Legal Resources Centre also attempted to access the court order giving rise to the eviction‚ but the order is not stamped or signed. The LRC then contacted the attorneys on brief. The original attorneys did not have knowledge of an application for eviction and did not have evidence of a court order. The eviction was therefore unlawful‚’ the LRC said.
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