Pretoria - An elderly couple who have steadfastly refused to budge from the plot where they have been living illegally for years - with their 12 dogs, five cats and two horses - have now been forced by the Supreme Court of Appeal to vacate the property by no later than the end of February next year. Social services told the SCA that Cedric Jones, 78, and his wife Dianne Jones, 74, should move to an old age home where they could be cared for.
They, together with their 48-year-old mentally disabled daughter, have been living on the plot in Meyerton since 2013 and have been embroiled in legal proceedings with their landlord for years, as he desperately tried to get them out of the farmhouse. It was revealed that the couple, with the help of state grants they receive, have the means to move into an old age home. Several of the homes which were approached by social services agreed to accommodate them.
Five SCA justices were told that the couple was simply stubborn and wanted to prove their point by refusing to go. This is in spite of the farmhouse no longer having electricity, the water pipers broken and most of the windows shattered.
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