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Mother ordered to vacate rented home

By Daily News Published on Thursday, 22 August 2024
Tags: #Landlord Tenant Law #Litigation #Property Law
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

By Daily News Published on Monday, 29 July 2024
Tags: #Landlord Tenant Law #Litigation #Property Law
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

By Daily News Published on Friday, 07 June 2024
Tags: #Landlord Tenant Law #Litigation #Property Law
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

By Daily News Published on Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Tags: #Landlord Tenant Law #Litigation #Property Law
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

By Daily News Published on Friday, 12 January 2024
Tags: #Landlord Tenant Law #Litigation #Property Law
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

By Daily News Published on Monday, 08 January 2024
Tags: #Landlord Tenant Law #Litigation
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

By Daily News Published on Monday, 23 October 2023
Tags: #Landlord Tenant Law #Litigation
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

By Daily News Published on Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Tags: #Landlord Tenant Law #Litigation #Property Law
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.

High Court upholds HRC's eviction findings

By Daily News Published on Thursday, 20 July 2023
Tags: #Civil Rights #Landlord Tenant Law #Litigation #Property Law
Mpumalanga High Court (Mbombela) Acting Judge Johannes Roelofse has affirmed findings by the Human Rights Commission (HRC) that the conduct of the Mpumalanga Economic Growth Agency (Mega) contributed to the illegal removal of a man from his home.

SCA rules against students in eviction case

By Daily News Published on Wednesday, 05 July 2023
Tags: #Landlord Tenant Law #Litigation #Property Law
The SCA has found that the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act (PIE) doesn’t apply to student accommodation. It ruled that student accommodation doesn’t constitute a ‘home’, reports HeraldLIVE.

Landlord ordered to restore defaulting tenants’ services

By Daily News Published on Monday, 26 June 2023
Tags: #Landlord Tenant Law #Litigation #Property Law
The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) has ruled a landlord may not cut off electricity and water supply without a court order, even if rent has not been paid.

Eviction of families from church property unlawful

By Daily News Published on Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Tags: #Landlord Tenant Law #Property Law
The St Engenas ZCC church was compelled to seek alternative accommodation and groceries after its church leaders unlawfully evicted people from a building owned by the City of Johannesburg, demolished it and left the occupants destitute.

City wins eviction application against school residents

By Daily News Published on Monday, 29 May 2023
Tags: #Landlord Tenant Law #Litigation #Property Law
A group of about 25 people living at the old circus school in Observatory have to leave the property by 31 July, the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court has ruled.

Disaster no reason to withhold rent

By Daily News Published on Monday, 24 April 2023
Tags: #Landlord Tenant Law #Litigation #Property Law
The Butcher Shop and Grill in Mouille Point has lost its SCA bid to overturn a High Court order that mandated it to pay withheld rent of more than R2m owed to the landlord, the Bymyam Trust.

Bid to have eviction order nullified fails

By Daily News Published on Friday, 21 April 2023
Tags: #Landlord Tenant Law #Litigation #Property Law
Mohammed Moosa – who refused to move from a property in Constantia that was sold after a creditor obtained a default judgment against him – has had his application to appeal against an eviction order nullified.

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