Michael Swart (78) – who moved belongings into a home he did not own ‘under cover of darkness’ – has been handed a Western Cape High Court eviction order. A Times Select report says Swart has to leave the Afrikaans Christian Women’s Organisation retirement centre in Robertson, Western Cape, by 12 November.

Swart agreed to buy a unit at the centre in June 2016 but did not pay for it, saying he could not sell his house.

The organisation wrote to him on January 2017 cancelling the sale agreement.

Judge Judith Cloete said: ‘The reasons provided were his age, that he does not possess ‘any property’ and that he does not have access to other accommodation.’

But the centre’s manager showed the court photographs of two ‘large, comfortable’ houses in Robertson owned by his sons.

Cloete said he had at least R1.4m after the sale of his house, adding that it was ‘just and equitable’ to order his eviction.

‘Given that he was able to move his belongings into the unit within a day or so, there is no reason why he cannot move them out within a similar period.’

Full Times Select report