Concourt to rule on Jeppe Street evictions

A group of Johannesburg flat dwellers will hear on Thursday whether they have succeeded in their Constitutional Court challenge against a decision to evict them.

Residents of Angus Mansions, in Jeppe Street, were to be evicted on December 15 even though their court challenge against the move was pending.

Arguing before the Constitutional Court on December 3, they contended that evicting them before their appeal was heard - and could be won - would cause them irreparable harm. They also challenged the merits on which the eviction order was granted.

The High Court in Johannesburg granted an interim order allowing the evictions of the 62 residents to be carried out on December 15, pursuant to its granting of an eviction order.

Source: SAPA