Tongaat land invaders evicted by eThekwini
eThekwini says it's ejected invaders who'd illegally occupied two dozen units in city-owned buildings in Tongaat, north of Durban.
Municipal officials swooped on the brand-new homes at the Emona Sunhill Housing project in Ward 62.
"The legitimate beneficiaries of the housing development include the elderly and the disabled, most of whom should have already been living in the completed homes but could not due to the selfish actions of the invaders," says the city's Gugu Sisilana.
"The housing project, located in Ward 61 in uThongathi, is a greenfield and partially in-situ housing development meant to benefit hundreds of beneficiaries from the Staram, Firehouse, Kwabhontsisi and Enqabeni informal settlements."
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Sisilana says they went to court after the invaders claimed that the land the units were built on belonged to them.
She says eThekwini was granted an order in March to evict them.
"The invaders forced the City's hand when they not only stopped the handover of the houses to their rightful owners but intimidated and threatened City Human Settlements officials and the beneficiaries with guns during a second attempted handover."
