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Appeal Court overturns Joburg eviction ruling

In 2024, occupiers of land in Rabie Ridge secured a court interdict to stop their removal

Representatives of over 300 families occupying land in Rabie Ridge outside court in November 2024 to fight their eviction by the City of Johannesburg. Archive photo: Kimberly Mutandiro

The fate of families occupying municipal land in Rabie Ridge is uncertain after the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) upheld an appeal by the City of Johannesburg against an earlier order.
In 2024, the occupiers secured an order in the high court to stop their removal without a court order.
Overturning the order, the SCA criticised the high court for “curing the defects” in the occupiers’ case.

The City of Johannesburg has secured a court order overturning a previous order preventing it from evicting a group of people from municipal land at…

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