Teboho Makhoa and his colleagues were "working tirelessly to allocate the rightful beneficiaries into their RDP houses, remove illegal occupants from occupied RDP houses and prevent future occurrences of land and house invasions in the region," said the Gauteng department of human settlements.
Sebokeng hostel stripped bare after R102m revamp 06 May 2021 - 08:26
A whopping R102m has been spent to refurbish KwaMasiza Hostel in Sebokeng in the Vaal but the units have been vandalised after they were never allocated to anyone.
Hostel residents have told Sowetan how they ve watched helplessly as the 201 units that were refurbished to improve their lives have been stripped yet they continue to live in old units with no electricity or proper sanitation.
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Know how to deal with eviction during lockdown 22 February 2021 - 09:25
The relationship between landlord and tenant can be a tumultuous one, especially with the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic. At the start of the national lockdown the government gazetted regulations prohibiting evictions of tenants by landlords – which was in line with the declaration of the national state of disaster in March last year. Sowetan has reported on many cases over the past year of consumers being evicted from their homes or threatened with eviction for failing to honour their rental payment. We reached out to the Gauteng Rental Housing Tribunal, a body set up to resolve issues between tenants and landlords, without resorting to court in terms of the Rental Housing Act. ..