Tembisa land occupiers win court case against municipality, police

  • 📰 TheCitizen_News
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 26 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 14%
  • Publisher: 75%

South Africa Headlines News

South Africa Latest News,South Africa Headlines

Each occupier will receive R1,500 in damages from the City of Ekurhuleni.

Land occupiers in Tembisa, East of Johannesburg, scored a big court victory on Monday. Judge Anthony Millar in the North Gauteng High Court ordered the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department and the City of Ekurhuleni to stop evicting the occupiers without a court order. They also have to pay each occupier R1,500 for damages to property during prior evictions.

Florah Tjabadi, one of the occupation leaders, said the community was “over the moon and very happy” about the court order. “We have been struggling since August last year and at last, we have won … Now it means we won’t have to worry about paying rent and we can go out to look for jobs.” that the occupiers did not live on the property and the structures were vacant or incomplete when they were demolished. They said the City did not need an eviction order to demolish vacant or incomplete structures.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 6. in ZA

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Tembisa land 'invaders' have nowhere else to goThe Red Ants were deployed to Tembisa were people have been spotted erecting informal dwellings. Didn't CyrilRamaphosa say there is no land grabbing in South Africa? Build your shark where EFF have power not ANC then you won't regret Kanti where did they come from?
Source: eNCA - 🏆 49. / 51 Read more »

Municipality warns against infrastructure tampering after man electrocutedThis is after a second person has died after being electrocuted in Thembalethu while illegally tampering with municipal electrical infrastructure over the weekend.
Source: ewnupdates - 🏆 30. / 53 Read more »

NEWS ANALYSIS: Rakgase case exposes state’s incoherent land redistribution policyPresident Ramaphosa's position, which is not being implemented by his government, is radically different from that of his predecessor Zuma
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »

AFGRI subsidiary says community farming project gains traction in TembisaThe influencers are currently completing a one-year agricultural training programme which will be offered to 50 households per month.
Source: TheCitizen_News - 🏆 6. / 75 Read more »

Equality Court finds BLF's 'land or death' slogan is hate speechThe Equality Court has found that Black First Land First's political slogan 'Land or Death' constitutes hate speech. you mean we have a choice? Fantastic. It's extremist. Hate speech like real
Source: News24 - 🏆 4. / 80 Read more »

Equality Court finds BLF guilty of hate speech over ‘land or death’ sloganThe party has been ordered to remove the slogan from its regalia and social media accounts and may face criminal charges. They say they will not apologize but appeal
Source: TheCitizen_News - 🏆 6. / 75 Read more »

BLF won't apologise for 'Land or Death' slogan, plans to appeal court rulingBlack First Land First says it will not apologise for its controversial slogan 'Land or Death' after the Equality Court, sitting in Johannesburg, found that it constituted hate speech. itchybyte Can't teach animals manners itchybyte The slogan says that “if we don’t get what we want, we will turn to violence to get what we want.” Which is fascism. itchybyte Lock him up
Source: News24 - 🏆 4. / 80 Read more »

CAS rules against Semenya in IAAF testosterone legal caseThe IAAF has been adamant that the moves are necessary to create a level playing field for other women athletes.
Source: TheCitizen_News - 🏆 6. / 75 Read more »

Activists unhappy with delays in case against teacher accused of sex abuseA former George teacher accused of sexually grooming a child could enter into a plea agreement with the State.
Source: ewnupdates - 🏆 30. / 53 Read more »

Case against former executive 'sex pest' stalled by undelivered docketThe status of an investigation into a former insurance executive accused of taking compromising pictures of colleagues and clients is unknown, even to the prosecutor overseeing the case, after the docket failed to arrive at court. People are just sick out there Yes, besides the criminal case, she certainly should pursue civil action against him as well as the company. Kambe shuwa kkkkk inhlanya zineng
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »

Case against former executive 'sex pest' stalled by undelivered docketThe status of an investigation into a former insurance executive accused of taking compromising pictures of colleagues and clients is unknown, even to the prosecutor overseeing the case, after the docket failed to arrive at court.
Source: SowetanLIVE - 🏆 13. / 63 Read more »