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Draft Bill on evictions puts tenants at risk

A new Bill proposes to criminalise land occupation and strip away eviction protections

Housing activists protesting at the Cape Town Civic Centre in 2021. Archive photo: Liezl Human
A new Bill proposes a R2-million fine or two years’ in prison for anyone who allows another person to occupy land or a building without the owner’s permission.
In April, the Department of Human Settlements published a Bill proposing amendments to the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act (PIE). PIE was adopted in 1998 to repeal apartheid laws criminalising “squatting” and to prevent unlawful evictions. The Act sets out procedures for eviction and ensures people are not left homeless.
The proposed amendments attempt to do away with some hard-won protections. The Bill proposes to criminalise land occupation, give courts the…

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