Legal Articles and Guides
District Six tenants fight eviction threat
District Six residents who survived apartheid’s forced removals have decried an impending eviction akin to those of the Group Areas Act.
Tenants lose R1.6m rental arrears case
Social housing giant Communicare has welcomed a judgment in the Western Cape High Court in a case it brought against several tenants of its Sakabula apartment complex in Ruyterwacht over R1.6m in rent arrears.
Hotel group heads to ConCourt over eviction
Private hotel group Ma-Afrika Hotels has launched an application for leave to appeal an eviction order – brought by its landlord Venezia Trust – to the Constitutional Court, citing the Covid-19 pandemic and related government-imposed lockdown restrictions as reasons why the group failed to pay its rent.
SCA reserves Bromwell Street judgment
The remaining residents of Bromwell Street in Woodstock, Cape Town are staying put after the SCA reserved judgment in their eviction case against the city.
Mkhwebane faces eviction from ministerial estate
Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is on the verge of being evicted from the prestigious Bryntirion ministerial estate in Pretoria, where she has been living at great expense to taxpayers.
Church sues acting judge for R1m rent
Eastern Cape Acting Judge Mvuso Notyesi is being sued for R1m in outstanding rent claimed by the Mthatha Catholic diocese.
ConCourt orders woman to vacate her 1947 ‘home’
The Constitutional Court has ruled that Clara Phillips (85), who lives on a farm in Somerset West, must vacate the only home she has known since 1947.
Prophet Bushiri ordered to pay for breaching lease
The landlords of the premises where the Enlightened Christian Gathering Church congregated in Pretoria will enforce a settlement agreement against the church’s fugitive leader, self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri, following a court order instructing him to pay nearly R1m for breaching the lease, reports City Press.
Tribunal declares 17-year-old police lease invalid
The Special Tribunal has ruled that a lease entered into by the Public Works Department 17 years ago for offices for the police’s Pietermaritzburg Family Violence, Child Protection & Sexual Offences Unit is invalid, reports TimesLIVE.
KZN flood victims evicted from hostel
A group of evicted KZN flood victims were forced to sleep on the street on Monday night when other displaced people refused to let them back into a hall in Durban.
Communicare to appeal thwarted eviction bid
Social housing organisation Communicare says it will appeal a Cape Town Magistrate's Court decision which has thwarted its efforts to have a tenant evicted from her Brooklyn home, reports the Cape Times.
Of power cuts and rent arrears ...
What recourse is available to an aggrieved landlord in the case of a non-paying tenant – with specific reference to the disconnection of electricity supply to the leased premises – and on the other hand, the remedies available to a tenant (whether paying or non-paying) when the electricity supply was unlawfully disconnected?
PIE Act unable to 'keep up' with property hijackers
The hijacking of residential properties in SA is on the increase. Organised syndicates have mobilised in the face of state inaction and outdated and impractical legislation.
Sixteen-month wait for eviction judgment
Sixteen months since Acting Judge Bernard Martin reserved judgment in the matter over emergency housing for many destitute families facing evictions in the Drakenstein Municipality, the ruling is yet to be delivered.
Attorney questions 15-month delay in delivering judgment
A judgment reserved in the Western Cape High Court has been delayed for about 15 months in a matter about emergency housing for families facing evictions in the Drakenstein Municipality.
