Cape Town courts are being inundated with eviction cases, mainly from Woodstock, Salt River and Maitland, as developers are eager to get rid of tenants. TheCapeArgus
Cape Town - Local courts are being inundated with eviction cases, mainly from Woodstock, Salt River and Maitland, as developers, eager to get rid of tenants who have lived in houses for generations, want to build expensive flats. According to data collected by information and research centre Open Up, between April and July, 69 eviction cases were heard in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court alone.
Open Up community researcher and co-ordinator Deena Bosch said many people faced evictions, but the Constitution stated that no one could be evicted when it left them homeless. The data also showed that 45 of the 69 respondents attended court proceedings and 27 had legal representation. Bosch said that they couldn’t say how many families were affected by the evictions because their court monitoring was not yet that extensive.
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