Six families are fighting in court to prevent evictions from their Woodstock homes.

A legal struggle is underway between six families who endured being forcibly removed from District Six during apartheid to stop a second effort to do so.

Six cottages on Searle Street in Woodstock are home to the families, who now face eviction after their dwellings were sold to a new owner who wants them gone.

To challenge their eviction, the tenants have filed a lawsuit in the Western Cape High Court.

The city has clarified its stance, saying that it was not the party asking for the families to be evicted.

"The occupant respondents have opposed their eviction and are now seeking an expropriation by way of counterclaim against the city, which the city is opposing. As the matter is sub judice, we are not at liberty to discuss further details” said the City spokesperson Luthando Tyalibongo.

                                     

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Done by: Alungile Njemla