in terms of which they are requesting the court to postpone the demolitions by the Department for a period of 30 days while they are investigating any violations of human rights in the manner in which the court order is being enforced by the Department. The matter is set down for 15 November 2012 in Gauteng South High Court. Case No. 2009/1211 The matter concerns an eviction The Gauteng High Court application brought by the dismissed the Department’s Department against +903illegal application for eviction on 21 occupants who occupied September 2012 on the basis incomplete houses in Eden Park, that the Department allegedly Extension 5. failed to take the individual personal circumstances of the unlawful occupiers into consideration. City of Johannesburg The matter concerns Moonlight South Gauteng High Court Metropolitan Properties (Pty) Ltd, the City of granted the eviction and Municipality v Blue Johannesburg, and the unlawful ordered the occupiers to Moonlight Properties occupiers of a building on vacate the property. 39 (Pty) Ltd and Saratoga Avenue in Another (338/10) Johannesburg [2011] ZA-SCA 47 [Blue Moonlight case] Case Case Description Court Judgement Residents of Joe the Joe Slovo residents unlawfully Western Cape High Court Slovo Community, occupied land ruled against them thereby Western Cape V granting an eviction order in Thebelisha Homes, favour of the Minister of Local Minister of Human Government and Housing, Settlements, MEC for Western Cape. Human Settlements, Western Cape, and others (CCT 22/08) [2011] Lwandle Evictions Invasion of Erf 32524, Nomzamo, Western Cape High Court, case no. 1114/2014 Strand on the land owned by Cape Town under for an Sanral. urgent interdict to prevent this land from being occupied. The case against the government by Grootboom and others challenged the right of adequate housing as well as the right of children in terms of Sections 26 and 28 of the Constitution, respectively. Section 26(2) imposes an obligation upon the state to take reasonable legislative and other measures to ensure the progressive realisation of this right
in terms of which they are requesting the court to postpone the demolitions by the Department for a period of 30 days while they are investigating any violations of human rights in the manner in which the court order is being enforced by the Department. The matter is set down for 15 November 2012 in Gauteng South High Court. Case No. 2009/1211 The matter concerns an eviction application brought by the Department against +903illegal occupants who occupied incomplete houses in Eden Park, Extension 5. The Gauteng High Court dismissed the Department’s application for eviction on 21 September 2012 on the basis that the Department allegedly failed to take the individual personal circumstances of the unlawful occupiers into consideration. City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality v Blue Moonlight Properties 39 (Pty) Ltd and Another (338/10) [2011] ZA-SCA 47 [Blue Moonlight case] The matter concerns Moonlight Properties (Pty) Ltd, the City of Johannesburg, and the unlawful occupiers of a building on Saratoga Avenue in Johannesburg South Gauteng High Court granted the eviction and ordered the occupiers to vacate the property. Case Case Description Court Judgement Residents of Joe Slovo Community, Western Cape V Thebelisha Homes, Minister of Human Settlements, MEC for Human Settlements, Western Cape, and others (CCT 22/08) [2011] the Joe Slovo residents unlawfully occupied land Western Cape High Court ruled against them thereby granting an eviction order in favour of the Minister of Local Government and Housing, Western Cape. Lwandle Evictions case no. 1114/2014 Invasion of Erf 32524, Nomzamo, Strand on the land owned by Sanral. Western Cape High Court, Cape Town under for an urgent interdict to prevent this land from being occupied. The case against the government by Grootboom and others challenged the right of adequate housing as well as the right of children in terms of Sections 26 and 28 of the Constitution, respectively. Section 26(2) imposes an obligation upon the state to take reasonable legislative and other measures to ensure the progressive realisation of this right
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