Weekend Argus (Saturday Edition)
Judgment on evicted residents imminent
ABOUT 600 evicted residents of Kraaifontein will learn their fate in the Cape High Court on Monday.
Scottsdene backyarders were evicted on March 29 by the Vetus Schola security company near the Kraaifontein complex. Gunshots were fired and backyarder Desmond Solly was shot in the forehead.
The backyarders, showing solidarity with axed mayor Patricia de Lille outside court yesterday, clashed with DA supporters before they attended court proceedings.
The residents had occupied a new development in March. Developers Afhco Calgro M3 Consortium obtained an eviction order on April 20.
After the company obtained an ex parte application approved in court on March 28, they moved in to evict occupants from the complex.
The residents said they were not aware of the court proceedings and believed the land had been earmarked for community housing.
Advocate Keturah Adriaanse, for the residents, argued that the applicants, Calgro, were not entitled to an eviction order.
She described their application as unconstitutional.
She said it was disconcerting that in the order there had been no time or date as to when the evictions needed to be executed.
“The court also did not know who this affected.”
Adriaanse took exception to the fact that the eviction was executed by security guards, and not the police.
She said the security guards, who fired shots at the crowd, claimed they were protecting police.
Acting judge Bryan Hack said he would deliver judgment on Monday.