The landlord of Parkview Units ‒ one of three housing complexes which have been accommodating former Schubart Park residents ‒ wants to evict the more than 300 people.

According to a Pretoria News report, at the centre of the storm is the reluctance by the City of Tshwane to increase the rent.

It was also said that some residents were totally out of hand and vandalising the building.

The buildings have reportedly been vandalised to such an extent that it is becoming uninhabitable and dangerous.

Singyung Investments turned to the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria), asking for an order that the city relocate the residents and that they, as the landlord, may evict the residents.

The application is due to be heard this week.

According to the landlord, the agreement it reached with the city to house the Schubart Park residents, has long ago lapsed.

The building owners said they were unable to manage the residents. The company accused the residents of coming and going as they pleased, and that it was not clear who was legally there as part of the initial Schubart Park group, and who had simply moved in over the years.

It has meanwhile emerged from court papers that the city ‒ as per monthly invoice from the landlord ‒ is paying the landlord about R1 700 a month in rent per person staying there.

This is despite the uncertainty of how many of the original Schubart Park group are still staying there and whether the city is subsidising unknown people.

The city is opposing this bid, saying there is a tripartite agreement in place which the landlord must honour.

Full Pretoria News report