Legal Articles and Guides
Auction home buyer tied up in lengthy legal tussle
Johannesburg man Dzivhu Tevin Mashila claims he has been locked out of his own home for more than a year after buying the property at a bank auction, highlighting the long and costly eviction process facing homeowners, reports EWN.
KZN woman wins bid to evict parents-in-law
The KZN High Court (Durban) has granted a woman’s application to evict her parents-in-law from a property registered in her and her late husband’s names.
Just one building eviction, despite seven court orders
When Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero appeared in an October 2025 Facebook video, he announced that the city had secured ‘over 10 court orders’ to reclaim hijacked and distressed buildings.
Auctioneer fined over misleading Limpopo farm sale
The National Consumer Tribunal has fined an auctioneer R250 000 and ruled he must refund a Limpopo couple after selling them a game farm. The brochure for the sale showed all the amenities, including a dam, as well as some of the animals, including a crocodile.
End of the legal road for District Six families
It is likely the end of the legal road for five District Six families who have spent years in the courts to stop their eviction from Victorian cottages in Searle Street which survived apartheid-era demolitions, reports GroundUp.
City targets more plush hijacked buildings
City of Johannesburg officials raided two more plush homes in Bryanston yesterday, reports News24.
Divorcing woman loses bid to reverse eviction
A divorcing woman’s attempt to continue living in a matrimonial home failed after she turned to the courts to retain occupancy despite the home having already been sold.
Hijacked Bryanston property raided again
The City of Johannesburg is targeting 17 hijacked homes in Bryanston. That’s according to city manager Floyd Brink, who spoke to News24 at the scene of a raid on a home on Grosvenor Road yesterday.
Estate and complex ruling welcomed
A recent ruling from the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) has brought good news for sectional titles, estates and community schemes.
Cape Town approves plan to sell Woodstock Hospital
The Cape Town city council approved, in principle, a proposal to sell Woodstock Hospital for a mixed-income residential development, GroundUp writes.
Couple loses dispute over periodic lease
A couple has been ordered to pay their landlord over R440 000 after they continued to live in a property in Randburg without paying rent, reports The Star.
Concourt denies association direct leave to appeal
The Constitutional Court refused direct leave to appeal with costs in the case of SA Riding for the Disabled Association (Sarda) against a Land Court order regarding a 15-year Constantia land restitution claim by the Sadien family.
EC land occupiers to take legal action
Hundreds of residents of the Bompini informal settlement were left homeless on Tuesday, with large-scale demolitions near King Phalo Airport abruptly halted after allegations that the sheriff had been using the wrong court order.
District Six pensioner wins ‘constitutionally significant’ case
Nearly six decades after bulldozers ravaged District Six, 78-year-old Noor-Banu Allie has once again been forced to fight for her right to remain in the community she calls home.
Estate agent's 'devious scheme' exposed
A Cape Town estate agent has been found to have ‘devised a devious scheme’ to purchase a property he was mandated to sell, the SCA has ruled.
