Category: Land Invasions
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Land Invasions – FAQs
Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act 19 of 1998 (PIE) Eviction at instance of organ of state In dealing with the question as to whether a local authority can evict squatters on private land, the answer appears to be section 6 of PIE. This section gives a local authority the…
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Olievenhoutbosch farmer can evict illegal occupiers of his land
Land occupier Banele Mgujulwa said they would continue to stay on the farm as they couldn’t find an affordable place to live. An Olievenhoutbosch farmer can evict the people who invaded his property late last year. The Johannesburg high court recently granted Hennie Henrico an order of eviction, and he told Rekord that he and…
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Non compliance with NEMA and Tshwane Land-Use Bylaws – update
13 December 2022 -update Erasmia “land invasion” actually turned out to be something different. The property was sold in auction as the previous company was placed in liquidation. The new owners, being a property development company paid the deposit of R400K but are still to pay the balance (R3.6 million). The title deeds have not…
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Owner of invaded Centurion farm loses R1m in crop, property damage
A farmer is in despair after he loses R1-million in property damage.21 October 2022 by Sipho Jack An Olievenhoutbosch farmer lost an estimated R1-million in property damage and crop due to the illegal land invasions that took place in the past week. “When we sent someone to go and inspect the farmhouse, we found it…
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Land invasions threaten the very fabric of our Cities
Issued by Emma Louise Powell MP – DA Shadow Minister of Human Settlements 02 Oct 2022 The issue of orchestrated and illegal land grabs has become a crisis across South Africa, placing immense financial burdens on all major Metropolitan Municipalities and thousands of private land and property owners. While land invasions have been a problem…
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Land Invasions neighbouring Olievenhoutbosch
Please consider donating towards this cause and assisting our neighbours in removing the land invaders. Letter to the communities of Knoppieslaagte, Timsrand, Monavoni, Mnandi and surrounding areas regarding the new land invasion in this area. Download PDF documents: Letter to the Communityy pp 1 – 8 Letter to the Community pp 9 – 10 Fund…
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Expanding illegal informal settlement in Erasmia drives up crime
https://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/news/expanding-illegal-informal-settlement-in-erasmia-drives-up-crime-2ef32012-f1b6-428f-a3d4-7f23fd595b7c The illegal expansion of the Spruit informal settlement into privately-owned land in areas west of Pretoria have brought a headache to homeowners and frustrated farmers in Erasmia. The settlement has been in the area for a number of years, but it remained limited to a portion of land owned by the City of Tshwane.…
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Caretaker Agreements & Affidavits for vacant properties & Affidavits for Trespassing Charges
With the land invasions in Olievenhoutbosch, vacant properties were the primary focus for the initial invasions. Since many of these areas were privately owned (as opposed to those with Eskom servitudes) a lot of resources were unnecessarily expended and time wasted in attempting to contact these landowners, many of whom were resident elsewhere. Based on…
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EFF led land invasions referred to Public Protector
Crezane Bosch led a delegation that opened a case at the public protector to investigate EFF instigated land grabs. The DA also wrote to the Tshwane speaker of Council to investigate EFF councillors partaking in this. Tshwane Speaker must investigate EFF councillor for inciting Olievenhoutbosch land grabs by Crezane Bosch MPL – DA Gauteng Shadow…
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Invitation for public comments on the proposed Unlawful Entry on Premises Bill, 2022
https://www.justice.gov.za/legislation/invitations/invites.htm Invitation for public comments on the proposed Unlawful Entry on Premises Bill, 2022The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development invites interested parties to submit written comments on the proposed Unlawful Entry on Premises Bill, 2022 (the Bill), GG 46705, GoN 1219, 12 Aug 2022. The main purpose of the Bill is to repeal and…