Jo'burg sends in Red Ants in defiance of ConCourt
FARANAAZ PARKER - Jan 19 2012 00:00
Illegal occupiers of private properties are still being evicted without the promise of alternative accommodation despite a landmark Constitutional Court decision that holds municipalities responsible for ensuring they are not left on the streets.
In December last year, the Constitutional Court ruled that when the unlawful occupiers of a private property are evicted, the city is obliged to provide temporary emergency accommodation.
Despite the ruling made in the so-called Blue Moonlight case, residents of a the "New Doornfontein" Chambers building in Van Bleek Street, Johannesburg, on Wednesday found themselves out on the street with no prospect of alternative accommodation.
About 100 people were left standing in the street, holding onto the few belongings they'd managed to grab during an eviction allegedly carried out by the Red Ants.
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