"As mayor, I have today instructed the City of Cape Town’s legal team to appeal the Western Cape High Court’s order granting an interdict removing the City’s right to protect property from land invasion."
On Tuesday, Judge Yasmin Meer confirmed that the City and its anti-land invasion unit were interdicted from demolishing or evicting anybody from any dwelling while South Africa's national state of disaster relating to the Covid-19 pandemic was in place, unless they had obtained a court order. Meer said this amounted to City officials sitting as judges in their own case and allowing them to act in an arbitrary and unfair manner.
He said the City had to counter land invasions to uphold the rule of law and protect land for service delivery purposes.
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Judges halt Cape Town land-invasion evictions, but mayor promises appealCape Town's anti-land invasion unit will not be allowed to evict people or demolish their homes, whether they are occupied or not, without a court order during the national state of disaster.
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