Khayelitsha eviction case postponed
Residents of Newcastle informal settlement in Khayelitsha may have to wait another month to challenge the City of Cape Town over their eviction order.
The hearing was set to take place in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday 26 August but legal teams for both parties privately met in the Judge’s chambers and agreed to postpone the matter.
The group of about 70 families living on the land, represented by Ashraf Mahomed, filed papers to the High Court
earlier this month, challenging the City’s compliance with the Prevention of Illegal Eviction and Unlawful Occupation of Land (PIE) Act.
The group has been living on the land directly behind the Endlovini informal settlement in Khayelitsha since May 2014. Just two months after erecting their structures, the residents say, they were informed that the courts had granted an eviction order to the City of Cape Town.
The residents insist the city did not comply with the eviction order granted by Western Cape High Court Judge Thandazwa Ndita and want to have the eviction declared invalid.
No date has been set for the next hearing.
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