South Gauteng high court extends an order halting demolition of houses

Andiswa Mkosi
13 November 2012

The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has extended an order halting the demolition of houses in Lenasia’s Extension 13.

Gauteng’s Department of Local Government and Housing began destroying the houses late last week, saying they were built on land intended for government housing, and had been sold illegally.

Following a meeting with the residents of Lenasia by SACP, COSATU and SANCO representatives the three groups said in a joint statement various groups including property developers, financial institutions and corrupt government officials want to remove poor people from Lenasia.

They want to do so to make way for further property development.